Annika is a foundling discovered in a church by two old women who are on holiday in the Swiss mountains and happen by the church. They live in Vienna and take Annika along and end up raising her in a most happy household filled with bachelor professors, and a community of friends and school and even cooking and cleaning. Annika's deepest longing as she grows is that her mother would one day appear and claim her and take her away to a life for just the two of them. Then one day a woman does show up on her doorstep claiming to be her mother and whisks her away to a run down estate in Germany. Annika, unaware, inherits a trunk full of 'fake' jewels from an elderly friend. How does that fit in with her newfound mother and uncle and brother and cousin? How could she end up in a stern school for girls, alone? And her new friend, Zed? How could he have lied to her and then run off with the horse Rocco?
I listened to this story on a 'playaway'. It was great for my morning walks and I thoroughly enjoyed this story. There is plenty of mytery and intrigue and I fell in love with each of the characters that Ibotsen develops so well. A great read (or listen) for students 8 and older.
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