Tag: orphans
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The Orphan Club
I read an awful lot as a kid, but there are still plenty of books that I missed. I’m starting to wonder if I had some sort of strange prejudice against girls named Betsy–after all, I didn’t discover Betsy Ray until college. And only recently did I discover another delightful Betsy. Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield…
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Orphan Stories
Quick, how many kidlit orphans can you name? Go ahead–I’ll be here after you finish your list. A lot, right? Anne Shirley (and just about all of Montgomery’s heroines), Sara Crewe, Mary Lennox, Rebecca (of Sunnybrook Farm), Pollyanna, Judy from Daddy-Long-Legs and on and on. Then, throw in the kids that have a…
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