BOOK REPORT
Ruth Allen

Once upon a time there was a family of rich people. There were two daughters. Their mother died of cancer at the early age of 40. That left two girls and their father on their own. Now you have heard of the story of a wicked stepmother, well this is what happened to the family. She was very rich before she became part of the family. They always had servants. One of the daughters who we'll call Gisele, was more spoiled than the other girl Rachel. The reason was because she was in a car accident which left her lame for a long time. This meant, she was pampered a lot and of course waited on most of the time, which she just loved. The wicked stepmother was not at all happy at having to put with that kind of situation for very long. Gisele was a nasty ungrateful and a trouble-making young girl, who detested the step mother to begin with and was very jealous of the attention her father gave to his new wife. Gisele tried very hard to work on Rachel, her sister, to turn against the stepmother also.

Now when the two girls heard that the stepmother was wanting their father to send them to a boarding school in the fall, they were not very happy all. Gisele's being in a wheelchair would mean that Rachel would be the one who would have to push her around at the boarding school as she had at home. No one knew Gisele's secret at this time.

Rachel didn't mind going to boarding school because it would give her a break from this stepmother, so she was looking forward to it. But she didn't like that the boarding school was far away from her home and her father, and all because of the stepmother's attitude towards them.

When the day arrived to go to boarding school Gisele really detested going and acted real nasty. upon their arrival they were given their rooms. Gisele and Rachel were given the same room at first. Gisele soon had to find out the hard way that she wasn't about to get her way, like at home. She sure didn't like the rules nor the dorm mother. She was certainly not a happy camper. Rachel liked it there and made some nice friends and tried to make the most of it.