Readers like series where the central character keeps pace with their own development. Consequently, this continuation of Katie Roberts's story, here chronicling the momentous events of her twelfth year, should prove as appealing as its predecessors. Told in diary format, her observations on her mother, stepfather, twin brothers, teachers, friends, and boys strike familiar chords, bridging the distance between Katie's 1948 life and that of contemporary children. Who, for example, can't sympathize with unfair injunctions against wearing lipstick? Or dancing with the wrong boy when one's real heartthrob is attracted to someone else? Or having the teacher ignore one's best poetic efforts, particularly when one is used to being first? Katie is a believable, dauntless character, with just the right mix of sass and sympathy.
- ISBN10 076360464X
- ISBN13 9780763604646
- Publish Date 13 January 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 January 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Walker Books Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 110
- Language English