What Katy Did (Best Susan Coolidge Books, #1) (Heritage Edition) (What Katy Did)

by Susan Coolidge

Neil Reed (Illustrator)

Despite her best intentions, quick-tempered Katy Carr's efforts to be tidy and good-tempered always seem to land her in trouble. Then, one terrible day, Katy has an accident, but it is still a long, eventful time before she learns to be as loving and as patient as her beautiful invalid cousin Helen.

• ISBN10: 0140366970
• ISBN13: 9780140366976
• Publish Date: 25 May 1995 (first published December 1958)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 3 August 2009
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
• Imprint: Puffin Classics
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 224
• Language: English

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

I remember reading it many years ago and some of the parts resonated, I read Katy by Jacqueline Wilson recently and wanted to compare the two, and yes the first half was an echo but the second was an interesting twist on the story, now I want to read the next again.

Katy is an adventurous girl who is always getting into scrapes and one day a minor moment of disobedience results in her having to learn to live with disability for a long time.

Adulthood does spoil some of the enjoyment and bring to light some of the preachyness and paternalism (and odd bits of mild racism) but overall not a bad read.