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  • Feb 22, 2010, 02:46 PM
    wrightsb32
    Search for books by plot
    A children's book from 50's-70's about a girl who moved to a house with a staircase in a turret with velvet curtains where she liked to read... also another from the same time, one about a girl who lived near an abandoned house where she used to go and play and fixed it up and maybe ended up living there? I remember both books (vaguely!) from childhood and would love to read them with my daughter...
  • Feb 22, 2010, 08:33 PM
    Tekiel

    The first is vaguely familiar, but I'd need more details.

    As for the second, try Mandy, by Julie Edwards (Julie Andrews). It might be what you're looking for.
  • Feb 24, 2013, 04:15 PM
    jennestes
    It's a young adult book from the 1980's. The main character was a very talented artist, but is severely abused by her alcoholic mother. A boy tries to reach out to her, but she has to keep their friendship a secret?
  • Mar 3, 2013, 03:29 PM
    suebee77
    First one sounds like "The Velvet Room."

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