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I liked the characters in this book, except for the protagonist. I'm all for the precocious children that Elaine Konigsburg is famous for -- I adore Claudia and Jamie from Mixed-Up Files, and Amedeo from Mysterious Edge. But Margaret Rose was, honestly, a brat. I couldn't really get behind her, as I was really never sure quite WHY she always "preferred not to" when her authorities asked her to do something, so I couldn't sympathise with her rebel spirit, because I couldn't quite get what, exactl
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A beautiful and well written book from one of my fave authors, e.l. Konigsburg. As usual, she could blend a story full of quirky characters, great dialogues and interesting knowledge about arts- with beautiful descriptions of friendship and family relationships. Now i have a sudden craving of collecting all of her books!!!!
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