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Life-changing. I am not kidding. She was my heroine.
"Lovely, lovely. Now let's see, vegetables first, vegetables..." Sport started to sprint for the door. Miss Elson pulled him back by the ear. Pinky Whitehead arrived back. Miss Berry turned to him, enchanted. "You will make a wonderful stalk of celery."
"What?" said Pinky stupidly.
"And you"--she pointed at Harriet--"are an ONION."
This was too much. "I refuse. I absolutely REFUSE to be an onion."
"Sometimes you have to lie. But to yourself you mus ...more
"Lovely, lovely. Now let's see, vegetables first, vegetables..." Sport started to sprint for the door. Miss Elson pulled him back by the ear. Pinky Whitehead arrived back. Miss Berry turned to him, enchanted. "You will make a wonderful stalk of celery."
"What?" said Pinky stupidly.
"And you"--she pointed at Harriet--"are an ONION."
This was too much. "I refuse. I absolutely REFUSE to be an onion."
"Sometimes you have to lie. But to yourself you mus ...more
Harriet loves to write down everything in her notebook. Some of it is nice. Some of it is not-so-nice.
And then Harriet loses her notebook.
And then Harriet loses all her friends.
You don’t often find a story with the emotional resonance of Harriet the Spy.
And then Harriet loses her notebook.
And then Harriet loses all her friends.
You don’t often find a story with the emotional resonance of Harriet the Spy.
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