Plain Girl

An Amish girl, Esther feels like "one black bird against the sky" in her plain clothes. So when she's forced to attend public school she's terrified. She fears the new world she must enter, fears the way she sticks out next to other kids, and--most of all--fears she may do what her brother did: run away and join the sinful but great wide world she's only just discovering.

About the author

VIRGINIA SORENSEN (1912-1991) was born in Utah, and it was her family's own stories that influenced her early novels of the American West.

Summary

An Amish girl, Esther feels like "one black bird against the sky" in her plain clothes. So when she's forced to attend public school she's terrified. She fears the new world she must enter, fears the way she sticks out next to other kids, and--most of all--fears she may do what her brother did: run away and join the sinful but great wide world she's only just discovering.

Additional text

"A tender and wise book, and the details of Amish living are interesting and authentic."
--Christian Science Monitor

"A moving story that will be enjoyed . . . and appreciated."--The Horn Book

Product details

• Authors: Virginia Sorensen, Virginia Eggertsen Sorensen, Sorensen Virginia Sorensen
• Assisted by: Geer Charles Geer (Illustration), Charles Geer (Illustration)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2003
• EAN: 9780152047252
• ISBN: 978-0-15-204725-2
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 194 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 136 g
• Series: Harcourt Young Classics; Harcourt Young Classics
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION: Classics, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Friendship, JUVENILE FICTION: School & Education, JUVENILE FICTION: Readers / Chapter Books, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Violence, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / Stepfamilies, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / Marriage & Divorce, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Runaways, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Religion & Faith *, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Strangers, JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / Middle East