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I was nine when Judy Blume's only novel for kids set in the past was published. Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself debuted in 1977, sandwiched between Blume's better known novels for older readers, Forever and Wifey. Being just the right age in the 70s, I read the core cannon of Blume's books - Blubber, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, Then Again, Maybe I Won't, Deenie and
First reviewed on 9/24/10, Lesley L.L. Blume's book was a wonderful discovery to me, the kind of book I know the 11-year-old-me would have loved with Cornelia and Virginia becoming fast friends. As it is, I recommend this book to young readers whenever I can. A magical, moving story that travels the world.
When I was a kid and reading chapter books some thirty years ago, a book like
When I was a kid and reading chapter books some thirty years ago, a book like Lesley M. M. Blume's Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters qualified as a magical book for me. There wasn't much fantasy for kids being written in the late 1970s and early 1980s (that I knew of - and I am sure I missed many shelves of great fantasy for kids, contemporary to the time or
Your review made this book sound so enticing I had to buy it--I think it will be great fun. And as a former semi-lonely, very bookish child, I wish I'd had a Virginia. And I enjoy your long reviews--don't cut back on my behalf!
Thank you! I will continue to ramble fervently! I realized, as I was reading this book, that, like you, I was also a lonely and bookish child who longed for a Virginia or Mrs Frankweiler to enter my life, thus my passionate response to the book...