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Saturday, April 26, 2008

1939 - Thimble Summer

Dates read: April 2008
Read or listened to: Read
Pages: 136 pp.
Rating: ●●

This little book was delightful. I think that I might enjoyed it even more if I was a ten-year-old reading it. It is refreshing to read a story about a little person that has good things happen to her. She experiences a "magical" summer after finding a "magical" good luck charm (a thimble). She is spunky and feisty, makes some questionable decisions, but appears to learn, be fairly responsible and love her family. She is quick to forgive. The chapters feel like short stories.

The main character is Garnet Linden. Although the book is written in the third person, I oftentimes would be surprised to read a "said Garnet", because I felt like I was so much inside of her. Many times throughout the book I thought I was reading a first person book. That is a sign of great characterization by the author!

Here is a light-hearted paragraph (p. 131) that embodies some of the feel of the book:

It was a good thing that Eric had taught her to do handsprings and flip-ups, Garnet decided. It was very handy to know how to do one or two when you felt happy. Better than jumping. Better than yelling.
There was a definite drawback. This book was written several decades ago. I was disappointed in the repeated (but not ill-willed) references to obesity.

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