home for the holidays heather vogel frederick

Shut up! I do not, I reply, through teeth clenched in a big smile.

Third is actually Cranfield Bartlett III, but nobody ever calls him that, not even his parents. I didn’t know you liked Third, she teases. My friend Ashley swats me with a pom-pom, her dark eyes flashing with mischief. Third sees me, though, and waves his trombone from where he’s sitting with the rest of the brass section. As the pep band strikes up We Will Rock You, I look up in the stands to see if Zach Norton is watching. I finish off the cheer with a star jump and a high kick, then fling my maroon-and-white pom-poms skyward, catching them neatly on the way down. It’s a strain.ĭ-E-F-E-N-S-E! DEFENSE, CONCORD, DEFENSE! When there are boys you have to worry about how you look, and whether they like you, and why they like another girl better, and whether they’re going to ask you to something or other.

The holidays struck Deep Valley like a snowball, exploding with soft glitter in all directions. :) Read moreįor Patty, who is the Tacy to my Betsy Contents There's still lots of great literature to be explored, and the girls still have three more years of high school! Hint, hint, Ms. If this is the end for the book club, it would make a very nice cap, but I hope it isn't. Home for the Holidays is a lovely book, hitting these girls at uncertain times in their lives and presenting them with charity and grace. I knew the books would be a perfect fit for Emma, Jess, Megan, Cassidy and yes, for Becca too. I ended up loving Betsy and all her adventures, and I couldn't have been happier when I saw that the latest installment of the Mother Daughter Book Club series included them. Just like for Emma, the prospect of getting to experience a literary treasure that I was unfamiliar with gave me chills. I only became aware of them a few years ago, and when they were republished in shiny new editions, I snapped them up eagerly, just like Emma does in Home for the Holidays. They weren't a part of my childhood landscape. Like Heather Vogel Frederick, I didn't grow up with the 'Betsy-Tacy' books.

Home for the holidays heather vogel frederick