Age Group: 9 - 12 Years

Description:

Nine-year-old Hillary has plenty of friends, but she is curious about Sara-Kate, the strange and lonely girl next door. One day Sara-Kate shows her a tiny village hidden in her messy backyard and says that elves built it. Hillary is amazed, and the two become secret friends. The more time Hillary spends there, though, the more she wonders about Sara-Kate’s dark, quiet house and the mother no one ever sees. This moving Newbery Honor book is about friendship, imagination and looking beyond what other people say.