By: Anya Lee The Name of This Book is Secret was written by Pseudonymous Bosch. It is the first book in a series of five books called Secret Series. The story starts with a whole chapter x'ed out. In chapter 1 and a 1/2, the author explains that he won't introduce the characters, won't tell where and when the story takes place, and that he shouldn't be telling the story at all. In fact, he says he can't tell anything that would help the reader identify the people in the story. It is a secret story about a secret and it has to be a secret to protect the author and the reader. The author tells the reader to think about the story as if it takes place in their hometown and the names he uses can be changed by the reader if they don't like the names. He also tells the reader to forget what he tells them in the story. Throughout the story, the author reminds the reader very often to forget what he said. In chapter 2, the author presents the main character Cassandra and explains the Greek myth that he used to pick her name. Cassandra, or Cass, is an eleven-year-old girl who is very …show more content…
Mauvais was just a baby, she was left on the doorstep of Madame Mauvais. She had a note and a name tag attached to her basket that said "Our baby was cursed by a wicked witch to always be ugly. Please take care of her. Her name is 'Alex'". Madame Mauvais, who was a good witch, couldn't break the spell, but took in baby Alex and decided to raise her as her own child. When Madame took Alex out, people made mean comments about the baby. She didn't look like other babies. She had a large mole on her cheek, pointy ears, and big, bushy eyebrows. By the time Alex was 1 year old, Madame stopped taking her outside so people would not make fun of her. Madame had many powers that she used to create a beautiful world in the house for her child. Madame loved beauty and wanted her baby to always see beautiful things, even if she would always be ugly in the