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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2010
Gr 4-7 One hundred years after the publication of Frances Hodgson Burnett's "A Little Princess", this welcome sequel opens with a quick, smooth retelling of the original story, then launches into the new one as Sara Crewe and erstwhile scullery maid Becky leave the Select Seminary for Young Ladies. Particularly bereft is Ermengarde, who depended on Sara's academic help and moral support and now, in her insecurity, questions whether they were really friends after all. She writes but never sends long newsy letters to Sara, telling of Lottie's mischief; Miss Minchin's mysterious conditi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
"This is the story of what happened next, after Sara went away." In this "sequel" to Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess, McKay makes a valiant effort to color within the lines, to set her book in the same moral universe as Burnett's—where Miss Minchin is unequivocally detestable and Sara Crewe a paragon of goodness and quality. It takes a while for McKay to get her bearings, as the first few chapters waffle between recapping the events of A Little Princess (from the formerly disdained...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
In this "sequel" to <i>A Little Princess</i>, McKay makes a valiant effort to set her book in the same black-and-white universe as Burn...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on April 1, 2010
Hilary McKay’s story does justice to the classic book, while her writing style and often droll dialogue provide a contemporary sensibility. Full of vibrant characters. Some who appeared in the original story are fleshed out; others ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More