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Meg is afraid to tell anyone when her dreams literally start coming true, but she needs help before she can learn to use her gift of seeing into the future.Tags
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Meg is having to deal with her family splitting up and her friend since kindergarten, Gracie, hating her. She's got a new friend, Rhoda, and her grandmother to help her sort out her biggest dilemma- the prophetic dreams that let her know what's going to happen. She goes from hating her dreams to learning how they can help her.
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Author Information
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Betty Ren Wright was born in Wakefield, Michigan on June 15, 1927. She graduated from Downer University and was the chief editor for Western Publishing for over 30 years. During her lifetime, she wrote numerous children's books including A Ghost in the Family, A Ghost in the House, The Ghost of Mercy Manor, Too Many Secrets, A Ghost Comes Calling, show more The Dollhouse Murders, The Secret Window, and Getting Rid of Marjorie. She also wrote thirty-five picture books. Her short stories appeared in Redbook, Ladies' Home Journal, Young Miss, and numerous other magazines. She died on December 31, 2013 at the age of 86. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Secret Window
- Original title
- The Secret Window
- Original publication date
- 1982
- People/Characters
- Meg; Gracie; Rhoda
- Dedication
- For
George and
My Mother - First words
- "Meg, for heaven's sake!"
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)When she was certain of that, Meg thought, she'd be able to make her mother believe it too.
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Kids, Children's Books
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 .W933 .S — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- 3
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- (3.57)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 7
- ASINs
- 1
