Other editions of book One 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

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?