happymoon

9 years ago

This is a very popular book, and an amazing one too. Margaret is a girl orphan whose parents died when she was very young. She was forced to live in her uncle's house, and she learned how to listen there. She didn't just pay attention, she listened so well that she could her mice talking in walls, tree leaves rustling outside. If she listened hard enough, she could even hear the sun's rays. Margaret was living a sorrow, quiet life, until her uncle died and she moved to the orphanage. The orphanage seemed like a safe haven for Margaret at a first glance. Children playing, wonderful food and luxuries beyond your dreams. The secret was, as soon as a guest left, the whole orphanage was "switched". Ms. Switch, the orphanage's master is a cruel, terrible woman who hurts children all she wants. Leaving girls out in lightning storms, pushing kids out windows and much more. Margaret is forced into silence once more, until her hearing abilities work again. She meets the moths outside in a tree behind the orphanage. Margaret meets Pip, and they become the best of friends. Margaret finds peace with the moths, and she learns their ways. Then, when things at the orphanage go out of control Margaret and the moths hatch a plan to make Ms.Switch surrender…and more to happen. Funny, tragic and sorrow, this book will make you feel like there's a world out there, much different from the one your in. This novel is carefully planned out and will blow your mind. It will make you truly see into characters' pasts, and make you learn to listen.