Status
Available
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Series
Collection
Publication
Purple House Press (2003), Edition: 40 Anv, Hardcover, 191 pages
Description
A spunky but lonely girl finds herself transported back in time to 1881, courtesy of her apartment building's elevator.
User reviews
LibraryThing member Lisa2013
recommended for: girls 9 & up up up
I loved this book. It’s about an intelligent, imaginative, dramatic, kindhearted, and resourceful New York girl named Susan and her adventures “at the top” This takes place in New York in the early 1960s and goes back about 100 years. It’s an adventure
I loved this book. It’s about an intelligent, imaginative, dramatic, kindhearted, and resourceful New York girl named Susan and her adventures “at the top” This takes place in New York in the early 1960s and goes back about 100 years. It’s an adventure
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tale for girls. Interesting that in the early 60s the author and Susan were talking about how the pace of life was too fast and there seemed to be longing to long ago more peaceful times. This is a fun read and I’ve read it many times. One of my favorite books from childhood and worth a reread at least once every decade. Show Less
LibraryThing member yarmando
The elevator in a girl's apartment takes her back in time, where she eventually chooses to live. I was disappointed. I loved Ormondroyd's "David and the Phoenix," but this was uninspired and escapist, romanticizing the past simply for being the past. Worst of all, the author is a narrator/character.
LibraryThing member satyridae
Warm and fun, this tale of a time-traveling girl and the adventures she has in the past is set off brilliantly by the author's wry presence as a character. Delightful.
LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV
The recent cover, the default one here on goodreads, is cooler. I probably would have loved the book even more if I'd been reading it under that cover and been so influenced. But even this lame art, of a scene that does not actually take place in the story, didn't spoil a warm, fun, and engaging
I'm glad I tracked down a copy of this online, and would now be glad to pass it on, gratis, to any US reader who asks for it.
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read for me. I especially liked the two 'housekeepers' in the different eras - Maggie and Mrs. Clutchett could have been echoes of each other, but the author made them distinct types.I'm glad I tracked down a copy of this online, and would now be glad to pass it on, gratis, to any US reader who asks for it.
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Awards
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Children's — 1965)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee — 1964-1965)
Original publication date
1963
Physical description
191 p.; 8.94 inches
ISBN
1930900198 / 9781930900196