Shows how by steady persistency and habitual cheerfulness a little Pennsylvania-German won out at boarding-school in spite of her shyness and quaint dialect. Follows “When Sarah Saved the Day.”
Youngest Girl in the School, The. By Evelyn Sharp.
The “youngest girl” is eleven years old, and the pet of five brothers. The story is about her doings in a strange boarding-school.
For Girls Twelve to Fourteen
Betty Leicester. By Sarah Orne Jewett.
A New England village story, in which a girl of fifteen spends a summer with two old aunts.
Betty Leicester’s Christmas. By Sarah Orne Jewett.
Tells how Christmas is kept in the good old English way. A companion to “Betty Leicester.”
Captain Polly. By Sophie Swett.
Captain Polly fits up an old wreck, in which she carries on a small candy business. She also exposes the conspiracy of a secret society.