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An unfinished lesson leaves eleven-year-old Marjorie West shivering in a country schoolroom after school. She has spent her study time reading a storybook, and now must work through arithmetic problems and repeated spellings. When a classmate offers a shortcut, Marjorie insists on doing the task honestly. Nathaniel Conklin's novel places this small test of conscience within a larger account of two girls' lives, with Christian belief shaping its treatment of growing up.
The later excerpt shifts into a lively letter to Linnet, full of reading, patchwork, and thoughts about a future husband. A snowstorm brings Morris to the house, where he helps with household work and tends the animals. School discipline and domestic companionship give the book its everyday scale. Readers interested in older fiction for young people will find a close look at the connections between affection, responsibility, and faith.
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- Author
- Nathaniel Conklin
- Pages
- 321
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Childrens Classics
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