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Sunday, February 05, 2006
Harriet Spies Again - Helen Ericson
ISBN: 0-385-90022-8 (Hardcover)
Pub: Delacorte Press, March 2002
Book borrowed from the Library.
Ericson continues where Louise Fitzhugh leaves us off - Harriet is turning twelve, she and Simon go to different schools now, she is still spying away. In this story, Ole Golly returns with a secret, Harriet encounters a precocious young girl in the building across the street, and her parents are in Paris. The book stays true to Fitzhugh's form, punctuated with Harriet's journal entries and hilarious outbursts. It is easy to see why Fitzhugh's estate permitted Ericson & Delacorte Press to publish this companion novella.
The humor, the love, and the heart are all there. Excellent book and I'd recommend it to anyone who loved the first Harriet book. My only issue would probably be that the encounter with the young girl really had nothing to do with anything. Also I am biased and wish she'd just get together with Sport already!
Time to read: 1/2 day on and off.
Rate: ****-
Posted by: Slowplum at: 4:15 PM
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