PROLOGUE
Are you still here?
Or did you just walk in?
Very well...
Once upon a time there were eight sisters who would all one day be eight years old. At the same time. You know: octuplets.
Their names were Annie, Durinda, Georgia, Jackie, Marcia, Petal, Rebecca, and Zinnia. They were each born a minute apart on August 8, 2000. All eight had brown hair and brown eyes. And although they were all the same exact age, give or take a few minutes, each was one inch taller than the next, with Zinnia being the shortest and Annie the tallest.
On New Year's Eve 2007, their parents disappeared, or died. Their mother went into the kitchen for eggnog, their father went out to the woodshed for firewood, and neither returned.
Now the Eights must figure out what happened to their parents while keeping the outside world from discovering that eight little girls are home alone.
At the beginning of their first adventure, also known as The Sisters Eight, Book 1: Annie's Adventures, the girls became aware of the disappearance of their parents, and they found a note hidden behind a loose stone in the wall of the drawing room of their magnificent home. The note read:
Dear Annie, Durinda, Georgia, Jackie, Marcia, Petal, Rebecca, and Zinnia,
This may come as rather a shock to you, but it appears you each possess a power and a gift. The powers you already have—you merely don't know you have them yet. The gifts are from your parents, and these you must also discover for yourselves. In fact, you must each discover both your power and your gift in order to reveal what happened to your parents. Have you got all that?
The note was unsigned.
During the course of Book 1: Annie's Adventures, Annie discovered her power: the ability to be as smart as an adult when needed. She also discovered her gift: a lovely ring with a purple gemstone in it.
Then, in Book 2: Durinda's Dangers, Durinda discovered her power: by tapping her leg three times rapidly and then pointing at a person, she could make that person freeze. Except Zinnia, of course. No matter what anyone did, no one could make Zinnia freeze. And Durinda also discovered her gift: beautiful earrings the color of emeralds.
By the end of the second book, the Eights, as they are known, realized there was a pattern to the madness: each month one of them, starting with the oldest and working down, would discover her own power and gift. Annie discovered hers in January, and Durinda discovered hers in February. This meant that in March, it would be Georgia's turn.
Oh, dear.
Oh, deary dear.
And one final oh, dear: Have you noticed something odd? Is a book talking to you? Well, I suppose it's better than your refrigerator doing the talking...
And what did happen to the Eights' parents? Well, we don't know that yet, do we? Besides, if I told you that now, I would be telling and not showing...
CHAPTER ONE
"It was a dark and stormy night," Rebecca said.
It was that. It was also the first of March, a Saturday.
"I believe that line has been used before," Jackie pointed out to Rebecca.
Jackie read more books than any of us. Some of us thought she read too much. But whenever any of us tried to mention that, she told us that such a thing was impossible.
We were all in the front room, looking out the window, watching the rain pour down. Daddy Sparky, the suit of armor we dressed up so nosy people peeking in would think our real daddy was there, sat in his usual chair, the big comfy one. Mommy Sally, the dressmaker's dummy we dressed up to look like our real mommy, was standing at his side, wearing a sleeveless purple dress and a string of pearls. Daddy Sparky and Mommy Sally weren't much good at conversation, but at least they provided some adult company. Plus, they were both smart dressers.
"It was raining cats and dogs," Annie said, thinking to improve on Rebecca's opening line. That was Annie all over: always trying to one-up the rest of us.
"I think that would be very scary for the cats," Petal
Are you still here?
Or did you just walk in?
Very well...
Once upon a time there were eight sisters who would all one day be eight years old. At the same time. You know: octuplets.
Their names were Annie, Durinda, Georgia, Jackie, Marcia, Petal, Rebecca, and Zinnia. They were each born a minute apart on August 8, 2000. All eight had brown hair and brown eyes. And although they were all the same exact age, give or take a few minutes, each was one inch taller than the next, with Zinnia being the shortest and Annie the tallest.
On New Year's Eve 2007, their parents disappeared, or died. Their mother went into the kitchen for eggnog, their father went out to the woodshed for firewood, and neither returned.
Now the Eights must figure out what happened to their parents while keeping the outside world from discovering that eight little girls are home alone.
At the beginning of their first adventure, also known as The Sisters Eight, Book 1: Annie's Adventures, the girls became aware of the disappearance of their parents, and they found a note hidden behind a loose stone in the wall of the drawing room of their magnificent home. The note read:
Dear Annie, Durinda, Georgia, Jackie, Marcia, Petal, Rebecca, and Zinnia,
This may come as rather a shock to you, but it appears you each possess a power and a gift. The powers you already have—you merely don't know you have them yet. The gifts are from your parents, and these you must also discover for yourselves. In fact, you must each discover both your power and your gift in order to reveal what happened to your parents. Have you got all that?
The note was unsigned.
During the course of Book 1: Annie's Adventures, Annie discovered her power: the ability to be as smart as an adult when needed. She also discovered her gift: a lovely ring with a purple gemstone in it.
Then, in Book 2: Durinda's Dangers, Durinda discovered her power: by tapping her leg three times rapidly and then pointing at a person, she could make that person freeze. Except Zinnia, of course. No matter what anyone did, no one could make Zinnia freeze. And Durinda also discovered her gift: beautiful earrings the color of emeralds.
By the end of the second book, the Eights, as they are known, realized there was a pattern to the madness: each month one of them, starting with the oldest and working down, would discover her own power and gift. Annie discovered hers in January, and Durinda discovered hers in February. This meant that in March, it would be Georgia's turn.
Oh, dear.
Oh, deary dear.
And one final oh, dear: Have you noticed something odd? Is a book talking to you? Well, I suppose it's better than your refrigerator doing the talking...
And what did happen to the Eights' parents? Well, we don't know that yet, do we? Besides, if I told you that now, I would be telling and not showing...
CHAPTER ONE
"It was a dark and stormy night," Rebecca said.
It was that. It was also the first of March, a Saturday.
"I believe that line has been used before," Jackie pointed out to Rebecca.
Jackie read more books than any of us. Some of us thought she read too much. But whenever any of us tried to mention that, she told us that such a thing was impossible.
We were all in the front room, looking out the window, watching the rain pour down. Daddy Sparky, the suit of armor we dressed up so nosy people peeking in would think our real daddy was there, sat in his usual chair, the big comfy one. Mommy Sally, the dressmaker's dummy we dressed up to look like our real mommy, was standing at his side, wearing a sleeveless purple dress and a string of pearls. Daddy Sparky and Mommy Sally weren't much good at conversation, but at least they provided some adult company. Plus, they were both smart dressers.
"It was raining cats and dogs," Annie said, thinking to improve on Rebecca's opening line. That was Annie all over: always trying to one-up the rest of us.
"I think that would be very scary for the cats," Petal
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