Sadie and Zuzu (Susan) Brooks have just moved from Texas to Utah with their Dad and stepmom, Sherrie. Sherrie is pregnant and Sadie worries as her Mom died giving birth to Zuzu. Sadie finds a secret room in the attic and a journal written by Helen White. She wrote in 1918 and told of World War I and the Great Influenza outbreak. She lost her mother and and sister to the disease. She had lost 2 baby brothers and was reluctant to love her new baby brother, Freddy, as was she was afraid to lose him, too. Sadie, Zuzu, and Bella - a neighbor whose Mom is a TV mom, take turns reading the journal in the Palace Beautiful - the secret room. They track down Helen and Freddy and return her journal to her. The cover of this book, as well as the content, is probably not particularly appealing to boys.
Mark Twain Award Preliminary Nominee 2012-13
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