chrysfey's review
4.0
The Attic of Sand and Secrets starts with Lily’s mother missing, and there’s no better way to start a book than with a mystery. Hoping to find secrets to her mother’s Egyptian past and her disappearance, Lily opens a closed cabinet door in her closet. She finds a staircase coated in sand. Following the stairs to what she thinks is the attic she comes out into a desert. The next morning, she believes it a dream even though sand is still piled in front of her door from her night journey.
Lily is described as a learning disabled girl. I would have liked to know the exact name of the learning disability. I believe she was dyslexic, but that’s not actually stated. I liked that we were able to see Lily at school and in her LD classes, though, because it gave insight into her character and life. Plus, it felt real which is a plus for fiction. Witnessing her growth as she acts as a detective was neat. I also liked how we were able to follow the disappearance of Lily’s mother as we would if someone we knew was missing, by watching the news and hearing updates.
I’ve always been enchanted by Egypt so this story was a treat. I figured out who the kidnapper was in the very beginning, but other readers will have fun unraveling the mystery with Lily.
Lily is described as a learning disabled girl. I would have liked to know the exact name of the learning disability. I believe she was dyslexic, but that’s not actually stated. I liked that we were able to see Lily at school and in her LD classes, though, because it gave insight into her character and life. Plus, it felt real which is a plus for fiction. Witnessing her growth as she acts as a detective was neat. I also liked how we were able to follow the disappearance of Lily’s mother as we would if someone we knew was missing, by watching the news and hearing updates.
I’ve always been enchanted by Egypt so this story was a treat. I figured out who the kidnapper was in the very beginning, but other readers will have fun unraveling the mystery with Lily.
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