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Jean Webster

Daddy Long-Legs

Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform June 20, 2013)

“Sophisticated, highly descriptive, and witty.” –School Library Journal

A trustee of the John Grier orphanage has offered to send Judy Abbott to college. The only requirements are that she must write to him every month, and that she can never know who he is. Judy's life at college is a whirlwind of friends, classes, parties, and a growing friendship with the handsome Jervis Pendleton. With so much happening in her life, Judy can scarcely stop writing to the mysterious "Daddy Long-Legs.”

First published in 1912, this young adult novel is comprised mostly of letters from orphan Jerusha “Judy” Abbott to her anonymous benefactor whom she names “Daddy Long Legs”. The letters chronicle her departure from the orphanage through four years of college. Judy makes new friends, slowly gains knowledge and independence, but also struggles with her humble past and unfixed future.

"It isn't the big troubles in life that require character. Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but to meet the petty hazards of the day with a laugh - I really think that requires spirit. It's the kind of character that I am going to develop. I am going to pretend that all life is just a game which I must play as skillfully and fairly as I can. If I lose, I am going to shrug my shoulders and laugh - also if I win." -Jean Webster, Daddy Long Legs

(cover image courtesy of Billy Alexander)

ISBN
1490485090 / 9781490485096
Pages
158
Weight
10.4 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 0.4 in.

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