Daisy in the Mansion

Our Australian Girl - Daisy #3

by Michelle Hamer

It's 1930... and Daisy has been adopted and whisked away to a beautiful mansion. She's to be a companion to Annie, a girl with a mysterious illness. While Daisy's new life is full of luxuries she could never have imagined, what she wants the most is the thing her new parents can't provide: the freedom to find her real family before it's too late...

Genres: Childrens

144 pages, Paperback

First published June 25, 2014

Reviews

[Charlotte. F · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a great adventure, taking you back to 1930 Australia. A young girl called daisy is separated from her dad and sister, moved to an orphanage and then to a mansion. All she wants to do is find her family again but daisy learns there is a big secret lying in the mansion.

I was glued to this book and it is a great series.

[Heidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

My youngest son actually awards the book 4.5 stars.
We are really enjoying learning a bit more about what daily life was like in Australia during the Great Depression.

[Sally · Rating 4 out of 5]

Daisy is randomly adopted by a rich family, to act as a companion for their daughter. Daisy decides that she needs to be sent back to the orphanage so she can escape again to find her father - this plan is SO not well thought out! - and that the best way to do this is to be really, really naughty. To the point of being a cruel little brat, I'm afraid.

Then she finds out that the evil nurse is actually poisoning Annie, the daughter, to keep her ill! And she tells the parents who don't believe her and - guess what - send her back to the orphanage! But then they realise she was telling the truth so they come to fetch her again, and promise to help her find her dad.