The Velvet Room

The Velvet Room

<DIV><b>Finding a special place where you can be at peace is difficult—but holding onto it is even harder</b></div><DIV><BR>The last three years of Robin Williams’s life have been very difficult. She’s had to move with her large, poor family multiple times as her father seeks jobs as a migrant worker. Now, her father has a new job at the McCurdy Ranch and Robin often wanders off in order to cope with the constant change and difficulty surrounding her.</div><DIV> </div><DIV>Near the McCurdy Ranch is the Palmeras House, an old abandoned house that Robin is told repeatedly not to explore. However, with a little help, she finds herself inside the building, in the one place it seems she has always been looking for: the Velvet Room. This plush room is the most beautiful place she has ever seen. Robin is fascinated and enchanted, but she can’t help but wonder: Why is it there? </div><DIV> </div><DIV>This ebook features an extended biography of Zilpha Keatley Snyder.</div>