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Tag Archives: YA fiction
The Books: Against the Odds: ‘A Question of Acquaintance’ (L.M. Montgomery)
Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: Against the Odds: Tales of Achievement – ‘A Question of Acquaintance’ – by L.M. Montgomery This story was written in 1929 and you can just feel Lucy Maud’s mastery of the form. I mean, she’s … Continue reading
The Books: Against the Odds: ‘Their Girl Josie’ (L.M. Montgomery)
Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: Against the Odds: Tales of Achievement – ‘Their Girl Josie’ – by L.M. Montgomery Time to start with the daily excerpt again. More Lucy Maud. Another story from the collection Against All Odds (which is … Continue reading
The Books: Against the Odds: ‘Dorinda’s Desperate Deed’ (L.M. Montgomery)
Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: Against the Odds: Tales of Achievement – ‘Dorinda’s Desperate Deed’ – by L.M. Montgomery Against the Odds is yet another one of Rea Wilmhurst’s edited collections. The focus of this book is “tales of achievement” … Continue reading
The Books: At the Altar: ‘What Aunt Marcella Would Have Called It’ (L.M. Montgomery)
Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: At the Altar – ‘What Aunt Marcella Would Have Called It’ – by L.M. Montgomery This one was written in 1935 – I’m always interested to read Lucy Maud’s short stories that she wrote AFTER … Continue reading
The Books: At the Altar: ‘The Touch of Fate’ (L.M. Montgomery)
Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: At the Altar – ‘The Touch of Fate’ – by L.M. Montgomery This is one of Lucy Maud’s stories that takes place out in the wild west of the Canadian prairies. Even though her main … Continue reading
The Books: At the Altar: ‘The Way of the Winning of Anne’ (L.M. Montgomery)
Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: At the Altar – ‘The Way of the Winning of Anne’ – by L.M. Montgomery Another story with one of Lucy Maud’s thematic standbys: a long-ass courtship of 15 years … not really going anywhere … Continue reading
The Books: At the Altar: ‘The Dissipation of Miss Posonby’ (L.M. Montgomery)
Children’s/YA bookshelf: At the Altar – ‘The Dissipation of Miss Posonby’ – by L.M. Montgomery I love when she has these old-fashioned Victorian titles. ‘The Dissipation of Miss Posonby’. Wonderful. Miss Posonby is one of Lucy Maud delightful old-maid characters. … Continue reading
The Books: At the Altar: ‘Them Notorious Pigs’ (L.M. Montgomery)
Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: At the Altar – ‘Them Notorious Pigs’ – by L.M. Montgomery Okay – so let’s get back into the daily excerpt thingie. Lucy Maud still chugging away!! This story is really cute (and you can … Continue reading
The Books: At the Altar: ‘The Wooing of Bessy’ (L.M. Montgomery)
Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: At the Altar – ‘The Wooing of Bessy’ – by L.M. Montgomery Lucy Maud wrote a really good dominating female character. Sometimes she was benign, even though she bosses everybody around – like Judith in … Continue reading
The Books: At the Altar: ‘The Pursuit of the Ideal’ (L.M. Montgomery)
Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: At the Altar – ‘The Pursuit of the Ideal’ – by L.M. Montgomery The plot-line of this sweet little story has a lot of similarties to “The Hurrying of Ludovic“. Published in 1904 – pre-dating … Continue reading