Miss Rivers and Miss Bridges

Pansy and Atalanta #4

by Geraldine Symons

Book by Symons, Geraldine

Hardcover

First published February 27, 1975

About the author

Geraldine (Dorothy) Symons. (Georgina Groves) Died June 1996.

Reviews

[MsAprilVincent · Rating 3 out of 5]

Miss Rivers and Miss Bridges are the pseudonyms of Atalanta and Pansy, who plan and go forward with protests against the government in favor of the Suffragettes. That sounds like serious stuff, but it's pretty lighthearted, and their plans aren't necessarily malicious, just attention-getting.

Atalanta is the planner, and Pansy follows her lead--not because she's being forced, but because she wants to be the kind of person she imagines herself to be, instead of the conventional kid that she absolutely is. There are a lot of instances in the story in which Pansy hears something, and her mind immediately picks up an image and runs with it. I wholly relate to that.

This book feels so familiar to me; I'm almost certain I've read it before, but I can't think when I would have. The tone reminds me of the book Lottie and Lisa, which I read in the fourth grade. It's so weird that I remember that. I don't even know.

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In this sequel to The Workhouse Child, Pansy and Atalanta decide they want to be suffragettes and must behave accordingly. First they need suitable disguises and a brick. To get arrested and suffer for a Cause are the logical next steps but it is harder than they expect . . .