A Drowned Maiden's Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz

            The book that I am currently reading is A Drowned Maiden's Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz. This book is about a young orphan named Maud. Maud believes that she will never get a home, until the Hawthorne sisters decide to adopt her. At first everything is great and Maud is happy but later on in the story Maud starts to realize that the sisters don't really love her but just want her to help with the family business. The Hawthorne sisters don't really care about Maud all they want her for is money.

 "‘You’ve been living like a prisoner with three old ladies that cheat grief-stricken people out of their money. They could go to jail for what they're doing, do you know that? And-in the middle of trying to swindle one of the sweetest ladies I've ever met -there house caught fire, and not one of them lifted a finger to save you."' This quote shows that the sister's don't really care about Maud because when the fire broke out and Maud was hiding and waiting to come out a scam people out of their money by pretending to be their dead loved ones. All they did was make her fell loved and then they made her helped them get money from people.

      I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for an original novel about discovering oneself. And understand who really loves and cares about you.