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Jessamy
Published
September 16th 1993
by Hodder & Stoughton
(first published 1967)
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After knowing of this book as a desperately hard-to-find and fondly remembered story from many people's childhoods, I was given a copy by a friend. I found it a pleasant timeslip fantasy, but perhaps I'm spoiled by over-familiarity with the genre. I liked that Jessamy is a servant's child rather than a daughter/cousin of the house, that the villains aren't terribly villainous, and that there's friendship rather than a budding love between Jessamy and Kitto.
But compared with Tom's Midnight Garden...more
But compared with Tom's Midnight Garden...more
I actually read this as a child when it first came out in the 1960's. All of the girls in my school fought over the lone copy our school library had. I have only just been able to borrow the lone copy of the 1967 original from interlibrary loan. I have been trying to buy a copy of the 1967 original hard-cover which is what I just finished reading but it is rare and in high demand. I have battled other Baby Boomer women in several countries whenever this book shows up on ebay and right now the on...more
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Evocative story of lonely child stepping into family (which, unknowingly, she is linked with) two generations back. Jessamy, a little orphaned schoolgirl, is sent in an emergency to stay with the elderly caretaker of a long-empty country mansion, Posset Place. ("I daresay you won't mind being treated like a grown-up person. I don't know any other way.") A cupboard in the old nursery - the magic link between present and past - takes her back half a century to 1914, and to a family of lively child...more
This book has been on my ‘to read’ book for a long time since it’s a classic of the ‘timeslip’ canon. As timeslip novels go, it’s pretty satisfying. I suspect if it were written today, there would be a lot more mystery and intrigue, but as it stands it’s a simple story, effectively told.
Another English schoolgirl travels back in time story. I remember being very fond of this story.
Sep 27, 2011
Zoe
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i read this book when i was in elementary school. i loved the book then and i love it now. it will always be one of my favorite books, it really is a shame its out of print and so hard to find.
This was one of my favorites as a child--I must have checked this out from the library a dozen times or more. I had forgotten the title, and just a few years ago, some of the wonderful folks on Fiction_L helped me find it again. It's such a wonderful tale and I so enjoyed reading it again. Would love to find a copy of my own!
Apr 16, 2008
Patti
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Recommends it for:
Young girls, romantics
Shelves:
read-long-time-ago
One of my favorite youth books. I would love to have a copy of it. Better than the Secret Garden. Part sci-fi (time travel), part romance (first crush), part historical.
Very cool, fun read. Even grown-ups will like it.
Very cool, fun read. Even grown-ups will like it.
Jul 22, 2008
Susan Connell Biggs
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I finally found a copy of this book on ebay. It was my favorite book in fifth grade. I recommended it to all my friends. Wanted to see what I loved about it. It was the time travel!
Jun 19, 2012
Andreaks
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1950s,
time-slip
I first read this as a young girl, maybe eleven years old or so, and found it amazing and thrilling. Re-read it as 26 and still liked it.
Loved this book as a kid.
Mar 04, 2013
Abigail
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Recommended to Abigail by:
Terri Lynn
Shelves:
childrens-fantasy,
childrens-fiction
Jan 09, 2013
The Bookwyrm's Hoard
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historical-fiction,
children
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Barbara Sleigh (1906-1982) worked for the BBC Children's Hour and is the author of Carbonel and two sequels: The Kingdom of Carbonel and Carbonel and Calidor.
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