Flowers in the Attic/V.C.Andrews

Author: V.C. Andrews

Title: Flowers in the Attic

Main Events*Christopher Dollangangerdies in a car accident on the way home*Family moves into grandparents mansion and children are told they will be staying in the attic for a few days to hide *Children soon realize that they will not be leaving the attic any time soon *Carrie and Cory become sick due to the lack of nutrition *Cory becomes very sick and Corrine tells the other children that they took him to the doctor but he passed away*The children learn that their grandfather passed away many months ago *Cathy and Chris soon realize that they will never leave the attic if they do not escape *Cathy and Chris are able to sneak out of the attic to find money to escape from the mansion *Cathy, Chris, and Carrie successfuully escape from the mansion without anyone realizing

SettingsGladstone, Pennsylvania(Dollanganger House)Virginia (Grandparents Mansion)

CharactersCathy Dollanganger(Narrator)Chris DollangangerCarrie DollangangerCory DollangangerCorrine Dollanganger(Mother)Olivia Foxworth(Grandmother) Malcolm Foxworth(Grandfather) Christopher Dollanganger Sr.(Father)

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What you think about the Book?

After the father of the Dollanganger family, Christopher, dies in a car accident the family goes into debt. This leads Corrine to call her parents to ask if they can stay with them. Her mother agrees, but the only catch is Corrine's father is very sick and unaware of her children. If he learns about the children Corrine will lose her inheritence because Christopher (Corrine's husband & the childrens father) is also Corrine's half uncle. So Corrine tells the children that they have to hide in the attic for a few days until her father dies. The days turn into weeks which turn into months which turn into years. While in the attic many critical events happen that will affect the children's life forever. During this time the children are slowly forgotten about and left to starve. So Cathy and Chris learn that in order to survive not only do they have to escape from the attic, but also from their family.

Before escaping the mansion the children learn that Cory was poisoned by their mother which only fuels their rage even more. They use the money that they found in the mansion for bus tickets to Florida. This is where they want to start a new life and try to forget about the attic, but in the sequel of the book, Petals on the Wind, we learn that this is harder for some than others.

I enjoyed this book very much, it was a very creative storyline that kept you wondering what would happen next. I would recommend this book, but because of certain topics in the book only to mature people. The ending of the book also kept you wondering what will happen next on their journey, which is why I can't wait to read the rest of the series.