Books with title The Abbey Girls in Town

Avril rated it it was amazing.My favourite in the whole series, the book in which we meet Rosamund and Maidlin. Some painful class-consciousness, and a promotion of noblesse oblige that sometimes sets my radical republican Australian teeth on edge—but still a wonderful escape for times when the real world is difficult.Note: This is the abridged edition from The Children's Press. We have the full edition under development.

Avril rated it it was amazing.My favourite in the whole series, the book in which we meet Rosamund and Maidlin. Some painful class-consciousness, and a promotion of noblesse oblige that sometimes sets my radical republican Australian teeth on edge—but still a wonderful escape for times when the real world is difficult.Note: This is the abridged edition from The Children's Press. We have the full edition under development.

This is the book that introduces Mary-Dorothy and her sister, 'bad girl' Biddy, and it was something of a disappointment in that it seemed as if it should have been a major event, but really nothing much happens in the book. Mary and Biddy meet Jen and Joy and are taken under their wings (which is to say, the Abbey girls try and make them into the kind of girls they make everyone into.)Taken in terms of the series as a whole, however, it's not without interest. This establishes Mary as a shrinking, lifeless character, and in the books to come we really get to see her grow and become an increasingly important figure in the lives of those around her. It also shows Biddy as she always is; caught between her 'business' side (the side we're not meant to approve of, of course) and her 'nice' side. (Can you tell I have a soft spot for Biddy?) Meanwhile, Joy (who is at her best here, lacking neither self-awareness nor compassion.—Helen, on Goodreads.com.

This is the book that introduces Mary-Dorothy and her sister, 'bad girl' Biddy, and it was something of a disappointment in that it seemed as if it should have been a major event, but really nothing much happens in the book. Mary and Biddy meet Jen and Joy and are taken under their wings (which is to say, the Abbey girls try and make them into the kind of girls they make everyone into.)Taken in terms of the series as a whole, however, it's not without interest. This establishes Mary as a shrinking, lifeless character, and in the books to come we really get to see her grow and become an increasingly important figure in the lives of those around her. It also shows Biddy as she always is; caught between her 'business' side (the side we're not meant to approve of, of course) and her 'nice' side. (Can you tell I have a soft spot for Biddy?) Meanwhile, Joy (who is at her best here, lacking neither self-awareness nor compassion.

Violet Cobb is lost and on her own.Ten years old and evacuated far away from her coastal home of Grimbsy, Violet finds herself in the creepy and neglected Bramblingham Abbey. On her own apart from a creepy caretaker, weird villagers, and the definite ghost that has to be haunting a spooky place like this, Violet finds out two things. One- that Bramblingham Abbey is full of secrets. Two - that there's another mysterious girl that only Violet seems to see...A sparkling and spooky read of historical fiction for ages eight to twelve, The Girl in the Abbey is about discovering yourself in the face of hardship, facing grief, and finding friendship no matter where you are.

This is the book that introduces Mary-Dorothy and her sister, 'bad girl' Biddy, and it was something of a disappointment in that it seemed as if it should have been a major event, but really nothing much happens in the book. Mary and Biddy meet Jen and Joy and are taken under their wings (which is to say, the Abbey girls try and make them into the kind of girls they make everyone into.)Taken in terms of the series as a whole, however, it's not without interest. This establishes Mary as a shrinking, lifeless character, and in the books to come we really get to see her grow and become an increasingly important figure in the lives of those around her. It also shows Biddy as she always is; caught between her 'business' side (the side we're not meant to approve of, of course) and her 'nice' side. (Can you tell I have a soft spot for Biddy?) Meanwhile, Joy (who is at her best here, lacking neither self-awareness nor compassion.

This is the book that introduces Mary-Dorothy and her sister, 'bad girl' Biddy, and it was something of a disappointment in that it seemed as if it should have been a major event, but really nothing much happens in the book. Mary and Biddy meet Jen and Joy and are taken under their wings (which is to say, the Abbey girls try and make them into the kind of girls they make everyone into.)Taken in terms of the series as a whole, however, it's not without interest. This establishes Mary as a shrinking, lifeless character, and in the books to come we really get to see her grow and become an increasingly important figure in the lives of those around her. It also shows Biddy as she always is; caught between her 'business' side (the side we're not meant to approve of, of course) and her 'nice' side. (Can you tell I have a soft spot for Biddy?) Meanwhile, Joy (who is at her best here, lacking neither self-awareness nor compassion.—Helen, on Goodreads.com.