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The Secret Language
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I guess this was the first boarding school book I read, and perhaps should be blamed for a lifetime's obsession! It is certainly a leebossa book, and it is distressing that Ursula Nordstrom burnt the sequel before it could be published.
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Reading Progress
Started Reading
January 1, 1968
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Finished Reading
October 15, 2007
– Shelved
October 15, 2007
– Shelved as:
childrensbooks
October 15, 2007
– Shelved as:
schoolstory
June 29, 2010
– Shelved as:
20th-century
February 8, 2015
– Shelved as:
united-states
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I know, right? Even Mother Carrie was cooler than Victoria's mother.
What I remember is the game Victoria played with the silverware. Sometimes when I'm unloading the dishwasher, I still think of it fondly. Have you two read "Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom"? She was just as cool as Mother Carrie, if not cooler.
I finally ordered Dear Genius, although there is NO ROOM for it on my shelves.
I just saw your review, Constance. Burned the sequel?! A sequel would have been welcomed, if it had been good.I've just reread the first several pages but I'm enjoying it more than I had expected, so far anyway.
Me,too! This book made me want to go to boarding school!
This book made me want to have my own secret language, which I do now, with my family.
I love everything everyone has said about this book !!!! I too had all of these ideas and feelings. And a sequel??!!?? That would have been so great !!!
What's interesting is that when I read this book as an adult, it was practically a different book from the one I reread over and over as a kid... I didn't get any kind of deeper meaning from it then.