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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2017 | Middle Grade
Gr 4–7—In September of 1918, Annie Browne moves to Mount Pleasant, MD, and begins attending an all-girls school. Well liked at her old school, Annie isn't prepared for the immediate derision her classmates, especially popular Rosie, direct at her after she's befriended by outcast Elsie Schneider. Elsie is considered a thief, a liar, and a tattletale, and Annie quickly agrees. So when Elsie is out sick for a week, Annie takes advantage of her freedom to make new friends. Soon Annie joins the ot...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2017
When sixth-grader Annie enters a new school in the fall of 1918, she's understandably eager to make friends. Rosie is the most popular girl in class, but before Annie can approach her, the needy, clingy, awful Elsie Schneider (who is the main target of Rosie's ridicule) grabs her hand and announces, "We're going to be friends, Annie Browne. I knew it when I saw you come through the door." Elsie smothers Annie, completely isolating her from the rest of the c...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2018
When sixth-grader Annie enters a new school in the fall of 1918, she's understandably eager to make friends. Rosie is the most popular girl in class, but before Annie can approach her, the needy, clingy, awful Elsie Schneider (who is the main target of Rosie's ridicule) grabs her hand and announces, "We're going to be friends, Annie Browne. I knew it when I saw you come through the door." Elsie smothers Annie, completely isolating her from the rest of the c...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
