Ashley discovers a doll in her garden, leading her to a ghostly world from seventy years ago. As she navigates her new life and a difficult landlady, Ashley must decide whether to keep the doll or help its original owner find peace. With her friend Kristi, she uncovers secrets that blur the lines between past and present. Can Ashley solve the mystery and mend her own life, or will the past claim her future? Follow Ashley through a hedge into a world where time and reality intertwine, and nothing is as it seems.
From ghost story master Mary Downing Hahn, the haunting tale of a mysterious doll discovered in a young girl’s garden, and its owner, a girl from seventy years in the past, who wants it back. A suspenseful story of unexpected connections between present and past. Ashley and her mother need their new apartment to work out, but everything Ashley does seems to upset the irritable and unforgiving landlady. When Ashley makes friends with the girl next door, Kristi, they uncover a wooden box containing a well-loved turn-of-the-century doll. Ashley wants to keep the doll for herself, but Kristi has other ideas. So does the doll’s original owner, a girl who died decades ago, but whom Ashley meets when she follows a mysterious white cat through a hedge. Can Ashley bring peace to the girl and resolve her own present-day challenges?
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