SOLVED. Children's/YA Cover is a young blonde girl who has half her face made up with make up and the other half plain. [s]

[Sally]

I think I saw a posting about this book on here before but I can't find the post so I'm not sure if it was solved. But the book was about a girl who looks a lot like this woman's daughter who died and this woman who is very rich starts trying to lure this girl away from her family and to basically have her take the place of her daughter.

I remember the daughters nickname was Carr and that the mother was very dominating and kept the daughter very sheltered. She sees the main character from a train that passes by the main characters house.

I also remember that the main character went to a private school with uniforms and there was mention of her having to wear her hair up in two buns. Also that the daughter died while trying to get away from the mother.

I read this book in the mid 90s I think. Any help would be great!

[Sue]

'The Bewitching Of Alison Allbright' by Alan Davidson.
"Life isnt easy for Alison Allbright. Living on her cobbled street with her poor parents, and her overbearing brother is bad enough, but at school, her classmates barely know she is alive. One day, a mysterious stranger stares Alison down from a train window as she stands on the embankment. The mysterious stranger, Mrs Considine, enters Alisons life and enchants her, then as the title suggest bewitches her. Showering her with the life that she never had, gifts, popularity and the biggest house by the lake, Alison turns her back unwittingly on the life that she knew and desperately craved to get away from. But things start to unhinge, and Alison learns some dark truths both about herself and Mrs Considine, but is it too late???"

[Kate]

[Sally]

Thanks that's it!

[Rainbowheart]

A popular book!

The Bewitching of Alison Allbright