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Philomel (2006), Hardcover, 224 pages
Description
Eleven-year-old Clara Frankofile sits in her parents' elegant New York City restaurant, Pish Posh, and passes judgement on each customer as a Somebody or a Nobody, but her all-seeing eyes fail to observe the mysterious events occurring right under her nose.
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LibraryThing member francescadefreitas
Clara is 11, and the arbiter of taste in her parent's restaurant. She has an unfailing eye for who is a Somebody, and who has become a Nobody. From her table, she doles judgement on the high society customers who quake when her glance turns in their direction. When she condemns an old family friend
I'd give this to fans of mystery stories, or growing up stories.
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as a Nobody, he hints that there is a mystery under her nose, and Clara can't settle until she discovers what she's failed to notice. Set firmly in a New York that doesn't exist, it is Clara's gradual development into a human being that make this story appealing.I'd give this to fans of mystery stories, or growing up stories.
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LibraryThing member AbSc0603
Horrible.
Although the cold heartless rich person personality is a favorite character personality of mine, this book could do a lot better with it. Things happened way too quickly, and it was a short book so I don't see why more detail wasn't added.
Although the cold heartless rich person personality is a favorite character personality of mine, this book could do a lot better with it. Things happened way too quickly, and it was a short book so I don't see why more detail wasn't added.
LibraryThing member KeFu0718
This book is an amazing easy read, the plot is fantastic! I wish I could go to her home the description is amazing and it sounds wonderful.
LibraryThing member AnLe0314
This was a really good book it was a bit of an easier read for me but it was really good and good for when you don't really want to focus too much on a book.
LibraryThing member buildingabookshelf
A fun book about a girl too old for her own good. Clara comes to realize that being a young girl and acting like a young girl can work together. As the president of a children's literacy program, this is a book that I will definitely recommend to the kids we serve.
LibraryThing member cougargirl1967
A very good story that opens the eye of a young girl, to the "real world" of judgement.
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224 p.; 8.46 inches
ISBN
0399239952 / 9780399239953