![]() ![]() ![]() Otherwise, the narrative rings true in its sensitive exploration of a preadolescent's feelings and its affectionate depiction of small-town characters and customs. In the weeks before Doff leaves, other transitions also trouble the sixth grader: Best friend Roger is preoccupied with boys' soccer off-and-on friend Sukie is. Mills returns, and her neurotic obsession is cured by letters from her employer and Amy's grandfather, the local judge. When Grandpa's housekeeper, Doff, must return to England to care for her aged mother, the change is almost impossible for Amy to accept her parents died when she was a baby, and affectionate, sensible Doff has always cared for her. Mills yanks Violetta off to another town in her continuing wild-goose chase for the long-vanished Mr. ![]() But just as Amy is savoring the beginning of her first real friendship with another girl, Mrs. Amy, however, gradually finds that she and the ``weird'' girl have a lot in common, and eventually she champions Violetta to the other sixth graders. This new person looked like she was ready for trick or treat or maybe a wedding''). The only thing that distracts the narrator, an 11-year-old orphan named Amy, from the impending departure of her beloved housekeeper is the arrival in school of mysterious, platinum-haired Violetta Mills, whom Amy immediately dislikes (``The big thing was that she was all done up in white ruffles and pink bows. Bradley ( Bend to the Willow ) deftly twines together themes of friendship and loss in this well-observed novel. ![]()
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