3-7-13 The Secret At Pheasant Cottage

by Kate

Mom has been reading us Patricia St. John books. One of them is called The Secret at Pheasant Cottage. The main people are Lucy, Grandpa, Grandma, Don, and Mr. Smith. Lucy is a girl who is about 12 years old. She has been living with her grandparents since she was a toddler. Both her mom and dad were writers, and Lucy also loves to write stories. Lucy’s mom was Grandpa’s daughter. She ran away to marry Lucy’s dad (Lucy wasn’t born yet). So Lucy’s grandparents never liked her dad. Her mom died when she was three, and her dad got caught in drugs and got sent to prison for a ten year sentence. Her grandparents never told her that her dad was in prison. She would always wonder where her dad was but never asked her grandparents. During summer break she meets Don and they become fast friends. Don’s dad works at the hotel in town, so Don meets all kinds of people. One of the people he meets is a writer named Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith is very sick. Lucy and Mr. Smith become friends.

One day Lucy came into the house and saw her grandparents with a letter, and they were crying. That night Lucy snuck down to Granny’s desk to find the letter. Grandpa catches her and he tells her about her dad. The next day she goes out to the woods and meets Don. She tells him about her dad. Don convinces her to go to the prison to visit her dad, so Lucy runs away to look for her dad. When she gets to the prison it turns out that he is not there. He was let out two months early because of good behavior. She is crushed. She thinks her dad does not want her because he did not come to find her.

 

Kate did a great job writing this book report, but I’m not going to publish the rest of it because then you won’t need to read the book. Read this exciting book to find out how Lucy finds her father and how they both find salvation through the blood of Jesus!