by Ann M. Martin
Hattie Owen enjoys peaceful Millerton summertimes with "houses nodding in the heavy air," being in charge of Miss Hagerty's breakfast tray at her parents' boardinghouse, and drinking lemonade on the porch after supper. Yet this year, it's different -- Hattie's uncle Adam is coming home. Returning fr...
What I liked most about this book was the curiosity, honesty and instinctive kindness of Hatty Owen, the character from who's point of view the story is told. The action of the book is set in the summer of 1960 in the American small town of Millerton. Hattie is eleven, almost twelve, and is deeply c...
A great YA novel.
A great YA novel.
On early summer mornigs. Millerton is a sleepy town, the houses nodding in the heavy air. Not even six-thirty and I can see the humidity seeping through the window shades and covering me like a blanket. Everything I touch is damp.I'm pretty sure I am the only one in the house who is awake. I lie in ...
This was one of my absolute favourite books when I was younger, but I sold off my paperback ages ago (along with Holes). Kind of regret it.
A powerful story about treating others with respect and without passing judgement.
I think I own this book. I do believe I do. I just have no fucking idea where it is, but it was brilliant, I think.
I loved this book, but it took a lot out of me. It is probably one of the only books I've read that has ever made me cry. I became extremely attached to the characters, and I didn't expect that the events in the story would be so sad. The sadness, in fact, threw me off; back when I read this, I was ...
Hattie suddenly discovers she has an uncle she's never heard about when Adam returns home. But Adam is not just any regular uncle; Adam, she is told, is mentally ill. Adam is loud and enthusiastic and repeats ...
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