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The Secret Box
The Secret Box
The Secret Box
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The Secret Box

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Elizabeth Agustin, a pretty and smart Filipina, has a privileged life as the favourite daughter of a highly respected politician. However, her father is inconsiderate of her desires to pursue art and instead wants her to become a lawyer and eventually succeed him as mayor of their city.
She rebels against him and runs away from home, nearly destroying her life. She is finally awakened to her senses, and burying the events of her rebellion in the past, she goes to the US to study and work. She comes back to live in the Philippines when her father dies. Then through her work, she meets Rolando Mendoza, a successful and brilliant CEO.
Rolando falls in love with her, but he cannot legally marry her. Though he has been separated from his wife for years, she refuses to grant him a divorce. Elizabeths conservative upbringing makes her reject Rolandos advances, but she cant deny her growing love for him. In addition, shes keeping a secret from Rolando that could change everything.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateAug 21, 2014
ISBN9781496989123
The Secret Box
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Elizabeth Aguilar

Elizabeth Aguilar was born in a small town by a lake in the Philippines. Gathering clams at sunrise in the lake’s clear water gave her a love for art and writing, leading her to compose poems, write short stories, and paint watercolours in grade school. Adept with figures, she was made to pursue a career in accounting and business by her father, and the strictly paternal tradition of her society left her no choice but to comply. She spent all her life in the corporate world, but the love for writing never left her, and her friends persuaded her to attend a writing workshop in the early 2000s. She gladly did, and there she met her mentor, a writer of books published in the Philippines, who encouraged her to write a novel, and she did. The Secret Box is the result of these efforts and One Year with Dicky is her second published book.Undo

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    I really enjoyed this middle grade adventure story. It all begins when Jax gets a birthday present and her mom takes it away from her to return it. Jax is the kind of 12-year-old who just can't resist a secret. She becomes determined to find out what it is and who sent it to her. Jax is hyper and daring and doesn't always think before she acts. Aiding and abetting her is her cousin Ethan who has long since taken on the role of sidekick despite Jax saying he is her partner. Ethan is a year older but, if he were a superhero, his name would be Caution Man. Jax is shy, introverted, and prone to nosebleeds when he is stressed. He also has a great knowledge of all sorts of facts and is a very practical kid. The two of them begin to solve the puzzle but have to recruit Ethan's older brother Tyler to assist. He is old enough to drive a car. He treats the two of them like major annoyances and is constantly working on developing a video game with his friends. He is also obsessed with winning and has quite a collection of trophies.When Jax and Ethan decided that they need to go to Washington, DC, to solve their riddle, they convince Tyler to take them using a geochaching contest as a lure. But their quest to open the mystery box takes on more significance when they are followed by strangers who want to buy the box and then steal the box when they leave it in the car briefly.The kids need to find the great-aunt who sent the box to Jax to find out what is going on. Their quest takes them from New Jersey to Washington DC and has them confronting villains and a mystical object from the past.The story was fast-paced and very entertaining. I especially liked the chapters from Ethan's point of view. It was great for him to find his inner hero. All the kids changed and grew through the course of this story.I recommend it for middle grade adventure lovers.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is a great book for the 8 to 12 year age group for which it is suggested. The plot involves a young girl (jax) receiving a package in the mail for her birthday from a long , lost aunt she knows nothing about. Her mother won't let her open it and sends it back to the post office to return to sender. Jax pirates it away before it is mailed. Inside she finds a beautiful and mysterious box that only can be opened up after unraveling a mystery. She enlists her cousin and his older brother tell help which takes them on a quest to Washington D. C. , and of course they encounter villains along the way. The cool thing is that what is inside the box really is shocking - even to an adult like me. Whitaker Ringwald is the pen name for a women who has written about 10 children's book under another name.. 5th through 7th graders will love this one.

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