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I like that Jeanne Birdsall's The Penderwicks has a timeless feel. Little Women feels like the template she was going for (with a widowed father, rather than wise Marmee, and Jeffrey fills in for Laurie), although it isn't as ambitious as that classic. The sisters seem a little stock (their personalities are pretty much defined by their interests, and none of them have overlapping interests/they never really seem to surprise you with the messy caprice of doing anything outside their interests/pe
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A quaint little tale about a carefree summer vacation and childhood perspectives. It wasn't the best middle grade fiction I've read, but it was enterataining enough.
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Jul 21, 2020
Katie
marked it as to-read
Nov 17, 2020
Emily Kleykamp
marked it as to-read
