| Anna is a shy, thin girl who is barely visible because she blends into the walls of her huge Victorian house. Her mother, older sister Andrea, and her younger sister Kirsty, barely pay any attention to her because she never likes to talk. But when her mother is sending her to school, Anna hides within the walls of the house and comes out only at night to eat when everybody is sleeping.
Some mysterious letters from a body named "F" appear in the cracks of her territories, and is actually love letters for Anna's older sister, Andrea, but Anna mistakingly thinks that they are for her because they are always titled as "Dear A,..." She always replies to him and continues to live in the walls for seven years! Later on, Francis ("F") realizes that it isn't Andrea that was replying, and that it was someone else. So he goes into the walls and meets Anna, who hasn't talked to a person for seven years. Francis brings Kirsty, and together they decide to take Anna to the halloween party that Andrea is planning as Kirsty's "friend." Anna, forced, goes to the party with a neon green moth outfit, and everybody stares at her. Her mother and Andrea figure out that Anna is at the party and chase her. They are reunited and Anna can actually be seen. Anna lives in the house, and decides that school doesn't sound so bad after all, at the age of fourteen. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - upbeat Time/era of story - 2000+ (Present Day) Kids growing up/acting up? Yes Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14 Age group of kid(s) in story: - grade school Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - a teen Ethnicity/Nationality Unusual characteristics: Main Adversary Identity: - none Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 () United States Yes Small town? Yes Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee Writing Style Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog |
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