Young adult book about a teenage girl who lives maybe in London/England in a townhouse. She removes the bricks between her house and the adjoining one next door. I don’t recall why. But she does end up using that exit. There is a fire in her house and she helps her parents escape through that wall.
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Ha! This is one I actually remember, because I read it myself, probably around sixth or seventh grade. I ordered it from Weekly Reader, or maybe bought it at a book fair.
In the US, the book was called GIRL IN COTTON WOOL. The girl, an only child, has older, conservative parents, who don’t understand her desire to hang out with her new, swinging, hip London friends. She makes a hole and tunnels into the vacant rowhome next to hers, and gets in and out that way to party with her friends, with her parents none the wiser. Until one night, there is a fire, and her tunnel is the only way out to safety, so she has to reveal her secret to her parents if she wants to save their lives. The author is Diane Doubtfire. If you Google it, results and images are readily available. I even recognized the old paperback cover. It appears to be out of print, but available on the resale market.
I particularly remember this book because it is probably the first time I learned that what the British call cotton wool, we would call cotton balls or cotton batting.