![]() ![]() India has rich parents and everything money can buy, but she has no friends, a nagging and weight-obsessed mother and a father who does not pay attention anymore. ![]() ![]() The protagonists of this story are India and Treasure, two completely different girls. □ I think this book is “wrong” on soooo many levels… □ How this book made me feel: The blurb describes this book very accurately, but sometimes, children can get too invested in their fantasies. India hasn’t got a real secret annexe like Anne Frank – but she has got a hidden attic. And when Treasure has to run away to avoid her stepfather, India comes up with a hiding place inspired by her favourite writer. She is devoted to her nan but lives in fear of having to go back to live with her mother and violent stepfather.Ī chance meeting sparks a great friendship between the girls. ![]() Treasure lives on the local council estate with her loving and capable grandmother. She seeks solace in her journal, which she keeps in sincere imitation of her heroine, Anne Frank. What I learned from this book: That parents traumatise children without even realising it.ĭescription of the book: India lives in a large, luxurious house with a mum she can’t stand and a dad she adores, though he hasn’t had much time for her recently. ![]()
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