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I actually really enjoyed Rhoades "Young adult" book very well. This was kind of a reverse Old Fashioned Girl (Alcott). Our main character, Marion, is a stuck up person who sees the value in people through their pocket book, or as her aunt warns, "don't value people on only what they can give you". Her aunt, in hopes of maturing her niece's thoughts, sends Marion to live with her country family. Her brothers and sisters then become her pet project of "refining" but she has much to learn and soon learns that character is more to be valued than rank.

I really enjoyed this. However, as always, in the "good old fashion" stories, it seems our main character has to learn a hard lesson and instead of dealing with the consequences, always manages to get deathly ill and things tend to work themselves out when they don't have to face as much. Now, I get it, Marion dealt with her shame and will continue to do so, but when everyone is so glad to have you well, the consequences are much less severe. While it works wonderfully in a story, dealing with it in life is much more difficult and humbling.