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Wind Chimes
Eleven-year-old Megan spends hours in her "secret place" talking to her friend Rosamunde, but her parents are horrified to learn that their daughter's secret world is more than just a child's overactive imagination.
- GenresHorror
352 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1991
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January 12, 2022
In her "special place," under the peppertrees in her yard, 11 year old Megan Jordan hangs a pair of wind chimes she bought with her birthday money. Shortly after, she begins painting astounding watercolor landscapes in the hollow below the trees - leaving family and her new babysitter, Carina, to wonder where this gift suddenly came from.
Megan shows Carina her special place, but tells her she actually spends most of her time in "Wunderland," a "beautiful place, where it's always summertime and where the air is always filled with the sound of wind chimes," in the company of her friend Rosamond.
"She came to visit me one day when I was in my special place, listening to the wind chimes. She said their music had guided her to me. That was when she told me she was from a place called Wunderland, where the wind chimes ring all day. She kept coming back, every day, and taught me to paint my pictures by seeing scenes in my mind when the chimes play. Rosamond told me what I see are places in Wunderland and I believe her."
As days go on, Pamela and Greg, Megan's parents, become increasingly worried about her. All she does is paint all day long, and she has become almost totally withdrawn from reality. They are also getting fed up with her imaginary friend, Rosamond, who is teaching her dangerous and strange 'games.' Not to mention, you better pray that Rosamond likes you, because terrible accidents seem to befall those who don't...
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So I've been dying to read this book for a while now, but I've got to admit, it didn't live up to the hype in my head. It was good, but not as exciting as I hoped. Also I feel it was a huge missed opportunity to not mention anything about the origin about the wind chimes, since that was the basis of the entire novel. It was never said where Megan bought them or what happened to make them special. And about Rosamond it never said who she was. I was expecting the book to maybe explain she was a little girl who died under the trees a long time ago or something, nope, no explanation of her at all. And nothing further in depth about Wunderland other than the quote above. Totally bizarre and frustrating.
Megan shows Carina her special place, but tells her she actually spends most of her time in "Wunderland," a "beautiful place, where it's always summertime and where the air is always filled with the sound of wind chimes," in the company of her friend Rosamond.
"She came to visit me one day when I was in my special place, listening to the wind chimes. She said their music had guided her to me. That was when she told me she was from a place called Wunderland, where the wind chimes ring all day. She kept coming back, every day, and taught me to paint my pictures by seeing scenes in my mind when the chimes play. Rosamond told me what I see are places in Wunderland and I believe her."
As days go on, Pamela and Greg, Megan's parents, become increasingly worried about her. All she does is paint all day long, and she has become almost totally withdrawn from reality. They are also getting fed up with her imaginary friend, Rosamond, who is teaching her dangerous and strange 'games.' Not to mention, you better pray that Rosamond likes you, because terrible accidents seem to befall those who don't...
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So I've been dying to read this book for a while now, but I've got to admit, it didn't live up to the hype in my head. It was good, but not as exciting as I hoped. Also I feel it was a huge missed opportunity to not mention anything about the origin about the wind chimes, since that was the basis of the entire novel. It was never said where Megan bought them or what happened to make them special. And about Rosamond it never said who she was. I was expecting the book to maybe explain she was a little girl who died under the trees a long time ago or something, nope, no explanation of her at all. And nothing further in depth about Wunderland other than the quote above. Totally bizarre and frustrating.
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May 25, 2013
kind of like a john saul. a pretty good horror novel about a little girl and her secert wonderland, only it exists, and it's deadly. worth reading.
August 18, 2014
All young children (especially the very lonely ones) invent imaginary kingdoms where they rule over as royalty and escape to when the going gets tough. But what if your magical place came to life...and wanted to kill everyone who did you wrong? A very creepy concept. The writing, however, is kind of "meh"
April 17, 2016
This is a book I read around the time it was released, 1991 or 1992. This is a book that has stayed with me, it is disturbing but compelling.
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