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Aug 18, 2012
Everyone has secrets as ten-year-old Minty finds out when she discovers a note stuffed into a hollow tree. The woods behind Minty’s house may shelter a Man-Bat and definitely shelter an elusive boy whom Minty manages to meet and become friends with. Beyond the woods, in a run-down house lives the Witch Lady. As more secrets are placed in the tree, Minty and her new friend, Raymond, decide to identify the owners of the secrets. Friendships fall apart and change in this book as the summer goes on, but eventually everything rights itself and the secrets are no longer important. Reviewed by BPL volunteer EE.