Andria’s Comments (group member since Jul 03, 2012)

Andria’s comments from the What's the Name of That Book??? group.

No problem - I'll take care of it. :) Glad that was the right one.

Sweet, Sugared Love?

Another guess that may not be right (I don't think it involves an Army truck) but worth throwing out there:
T-Model Tommy. First published 1938.

Hm, maybe Clarity? Published more recently than 6 years ago, though.

But this one If Wishes Were Horses specifically mentions the sister in an iron lung, so I *think* this might be it.

To Race a Dream is set in early 1900s, the MC works on a horse farm and her sister has polio.

No problem! Congrats on finding your book. :)

I agree, sounds a lot like Legend.

Rachel, are you certain enough that Sorcery Rising is your book that we can call this "solved"? If so, I'll move the thread.

Moving this thread to Abandoned since the OP has left the group (thanks, LG)

Sounds like Torn to Pieces

Destroying Avalon? (The Australian edition may have had a different cover than what is pictured here)

Sorry, Marisha Pessl.

Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marissa Pessl

Possibly! But here's another review that also mentions Hester. http://www.rambles.net/lunn_twinspell...

At any rate, I'm going to track down a copy of Twin Spell for myself. It comes up a lot I think it belongs on my retro reads shelf!

Happy New Year, everyone!

I think it was made into a movie. Or a TV show, you know, the one with that guy? But the book was definitely better.

It was a comment on another book finding site (Loganberry's). So, not exactly a verified source, but FWIW the commenter seemed pretty sure of themselves. But it IS possible that THAT PERSON got two stories mixed up, so I wouldn't call this Solved until the OP can verify it herself!

Hmmm, seems the OP has deleted their query. Guess I'll move the thread.

Possibly Judith Kerr's Out of the Hitler Time series, starting with: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

and ending with:
A Small Person Far Away

(BTW, I loved the first book when I was a kid and didn't know until now that there are more!)

I know you said that the protag wasn't twins, but I found this summary of Twin Spell (originally published as "Double Spell") that sounds like a close match: (emphasis mine) is it possible that you're combining the plots of two books in your memory? It happens. :)

It is a haunting book about twins Jane and Elizabeth who live in Ontario Canada and find a doll in an antique store which inexplicably seems to belong to them. After they move into their Aunt Alice's mysterious old house, they begin finding themselves sharing the past experiences of two other twins, Anne and Melissa, who were their ancestors and lived in the house (which was smaller and did not have new additions built on it then) many years before. They also have visions of a frightening girl named Hester who seemed to hate the earlier twins. In the end they solve the mystery and discover that Anne had died in a fire (in a room they now use as an attic) that had been accidentally started by her cousin Hester, and that it is the ghost of Hester who is haunting the house. They discover this just in time for Elizabeth to save Jane, who is trapped in the attic with the ghost