Synopsis
Four girls. Four generations. One family.
The third installment of the exquisite new series from Newbery Honor winner Ann M. Martin follows Francie, Dana's daughter, to Princeton, NJ, in the 1980s.
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About the Author
Ann M. Martin's The Baby-Sitters Club series has over 176 million copies in print worldwide and inspired a generation of young readers. Her novels include the Main Street series; BELLE TEAL; the Newbery Honor book A CORNER OF THE UNIVERSE; HERE TODAY; A DOG'S LIFE; and ON CHRISTMAS EVE; as well as the much-loved collaborations P.S. LONGER LETTER LATER and SNAIL MAIL, NO MORE with Paula Danziger. She lives in upstate New York.
Reviews
Gr 3–6—Francie Goldberg grows from age seven through college and into young womanhood over the course of this story, the third installment in Martin's series about four girls in four generations of the same family. While some background information would be filled if listeners are familiar with the prior two entries, this entry stands alone quite adequately. One could question what the titular "best kept secret" is, since Francie and her family have several. For Francie, one secret is that she has dyslexia, and the other is that she escapes from a potential abductor on the way home from elementary school, but tells no one. She faces issues that are typical of her age: racism, prejudice, miscommunication, divorce, cancer, and death, all of which are handled in an age-appropriate manner. One must wonder how learning disabilities like Francie's fade into the background as she eventually becomes a professional writer. Narrator Emily Rankin makes Francie and her friends come alive in the story. Recommended for fans of family stories.—Ann Brownson, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston
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