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The Secret Diary is the second volume in the series of junior fiction "The Girls of Rivkah Gross Academy". In "Passport to Russia", the inaugural volume of the series, Bracha and Sara make two new friends as a result of an exciting adventure in Russia. These friends now join them as their school travels to Pennsylvania for a special school Shabbaton. On a snowy day, the girls arrive at the Bais Yaakov in Pennsylvania where they are greeted warmly by Zeesy, the ebullient daughter of the Rosh Yeshivah, and taken to the Levy home in which they will be staying for Shabbos. The girls are intrigued by the story Zeesy tells them about a mysterious elderly gentleman who lived a very tragic life and left his estate to the Bais Yaakov. Soon, they are confronted by another mystery involving Chava, a girl from Texas who boards in the Levy home. Matters finally come to a head on Shabbos when the girls discover a secret diary during a thrilling treasure hunt in a luxurious old farmhouse. The secret diary provides them with the key to many questions about the past, as well as a number of questions about the future. In The Secret Diary, Sukey Stavsky Gross has written an exceedingly warm and touching book blending excellent Hashkafos into a page-turning story that will surely thrill and delight young and old readers alike.