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The Williams family, struggling poverty in 1930s California, travels in a Model‑T while their father seeks work. When they settle at the abandoned Las Palermas mansion, Robin finds a hidden sanctuary called the Velvet Room. There she feels content, a rare comfort amid their hardships. Over the course of an eventful year, she unravels the room’s secrets, yet each discovery brings new challenges, forcing her to make difficult decisions that threaten to separate her from this precious refuge permanently.
First publish date: 1965
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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