Book description
Carly often finds herself gazing through the gates of Paradise End. She
fantasizes about discovering that she was swapped at birth, and is in
fact the rightful owner of the beautiful, empty mansion. She longs to
escape the three-bedroom semi she shares with her ordinary parents, her
revolting brother and annoying sister, to go and live in the palatial
luxury of the fascinating house. Then she meets Tia, the daughter of the
new tenant of Paradise End, and Carly begins to realize that life behind
the impressive pillars and long, elegant windows isn't anything like her
dream.
Elizabeth Laird has been nominated four times for the Carnegie Medal
and has won the Smarties Prize and the Children's Book Award.
She and her husband divide their time between Surrey and Edinburgh.
