Books with title Words to Grow on

Janie Chisholm doesn’t really mean to tell lies. It’s just that sometimes her stories get out of control and it gets her into trouble. No one in her family takes her seriously, and she’s not very well liked at school. So Janie is thrilled when her grandmother offers to take her to the cottage in the summer. Just when she thinks she’s gotten away from everything, Lisa, a girl Janie knows from home, has been invited to stay over and could ruin everything. Can she and Lisa become real friends?

An Archway Paperback, 1st edition , August 1974, copyright 1969 published by Little, Brown,Fiction, Janie never ment to lie--it just seemed easier to dress up the truth and impress her friends. Janie's family was fed up with her tales. But janie never lied to her godmother, Tilly. Perhaps it was because Tilly saw the special qualities in Janie that often went unnoticed by the rest of her family

Excerpt from One to Grow OnI didn't come because it was expected of me, she said. I came because I couldn't think of a quick way not to up periscope and let out my stays. Before I could open my mouth, I was carrying the ball.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.