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Nancy and Plum

Betty MacDonald

Hardcover | Pages: 160 pages

Rating: 4.22 | 764 Users | 150 Reviews

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Title	:	Nancy and Plum
Author	:	Betty MacDonald
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 160 pages
Published	:	January 7th 1999 (first published 1952)
Categories	:	Holiday. Christmas. Childrens. Middle Grade. Fiction

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"Nancy and Plum" is a delightful old fashioned Christmas story about two sisters, Nancy, 10 and Plum, 8, whose parents died in an accident. Their only surviving relative is Uncle John, a wealthy bachelor with little patience or time for children. He puts the girls in Mrs. Monday's Boarding School in Heavenly Valley, persuaded by Mrs. Monday's promises and unctuous manner.

But Mrs. Monday is an ogre who pampers her niece, Maribelle, and persecutes the other girls in her custody.

Of the two sisters, Plum is the spunky one, leading Nancy on forays for food and initiating their running away.

There are lovely characters who are sympathetic and help the girls: Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, who find the girls on their farm and rescue them; Miss Waverly, the school teacher; Miss Appleby, the librarian, and Old Tom, the caretaker at the orphanage.

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Original Title:	Nancy and Plum
ISBN:	0704102927 (ISBN13: 9780704102927)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	United States of America

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Ratings: 4.22 From 764 Users | 150 Reviews

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This was a wonderful book! I love that it gives a glimps into Betty MacDonald's childhood because it is the story that she would make up to tell her sisters in bed at night when they were young.

Before there was Lemony Snicket and his Series of Unfortunate Events, there was Betty McDonald's Nancy and Plum. A gem of comic storytelling, this is one of those books you show down on reading as you pass the halfway mark, because you just don't want it to end. A thorough delight!

I found this book at the library and thought I'd give it a chance...it's a children's book and I had a lot of fun reading it. I didn't want the story to end and wished there was a part 2 and 3 etc..etc..

If you think of the book "A Little Princess" but with more fight-back spirit and light-hearted moments, you'll be close to spot on with this book. It's a charming Christmas story about two sisters, Nancy, 10, and Plum, 8, whose parents died in an accident and are left at a boarding house to be raised by Mrs. Monday. But Mrs. Monday is a horrible, old meany (Mrs. "Monday" - isn't that hilarious! Everyone hates Mondays; haha!!) who pampers her niece, Maribelle, and persecutes the other girls in

This took us about two months to get through, so it wasn't our fastest can't-put-down read, but it was charming and I really loved the last third.

This is quite a different story from all the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books, but just as charming. This one also bears more than a passing resemblance to Burnetts A Little Princess, but is more down-home and American in character. I (appropriately) despised Miss Monday while rooting for Nancy, Plum, and the other kids. Its always satisfying to see bad behavior punished and the ill-used protagonists find their dreams coming true at long last. It was also nice to read the book during the Christmas

We've all had days when we felt like abandoned, unloved orphans. When we wished someone would swoop down and take us away from it all--or that we could run away from our lives into a new, wonderful world. For days like that, this is the ultimate comfort-read. The author must have read and loved A Little Princess as much as I did. And do. It all feels very Victorian until you run into references to cars and airplanes. I had to chuckle when the librarian says she has read "over a thousand books."