How It Happened in Peach Hill

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How it Happened in Peach Hill is a fiction novel for teens written by Marthe Jocelyn. The story is about a girl, Annie, and her "clairvoyent" mother who move from town to town swindling people of their money. The mother, the amazing Madame Caterina, uses her daughter to follow people around and listen in on their conversations to draw out secrets, posing as and idiot. Caterina then uses the common gossip the daughter has procured to "predict" the troubles that the person (usually a woman) is suffering. They arrive at Peach Hill where Annie decides she wants to be a normal girl with a normal life. When her mother begins to flirt with a supposedly wealthy man, Annie seizes the opportunity to have an episode and magically gain intelligence. The mother an daughter spend the book trying to out think each other's actions to get what they want: Caterina wanting money and a steady income of customers, Annie wanting to go to school, make friends, and impress the handsome Sammy Sloane.The story is set in 1924 in New York State.

[edit] Characters

Annie Grey (Grackle)
Madame Caterina
Peg
Mr. Gregory Sebastion Poole
Mrs. Christine Poole (Deceased)
Douglas
Norah
Helen
Sammy Sloane
Officer Monty De Groot
Delia De Groot
Sally Carlaw
Howie
Frankie Romero
Rose Romero
(Pitts)

Mrs. Newman
Mr. Newman(Old Horse)


Reference: First person reference (A reader of the novel.)