tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post5027511863591074412..comments2024-03-21T21:37:03.772-05:00Comments on Series Books for Girls: Sallie's Test of Skill and Charlotte Cross and Aunt DebJennifer Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10405593758228423001noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post-4646314420752897172020-04-04T18:07:10.235-05:002020-04-04T18:07:10.235-05:00I have just read CHARLOTTE CROSS AND AUNT DEB and ...I have just read CHARLOTTE CROSS AND AUNT DEB and found it fascinating. I won't say it was perfect, but I very much got caught up in seeing it as something that would have exposed young readers in 1931 to the challenges of dealing with a difficult older person. I have no idea if that was Barton's principal intention, but must have been aware that it came out that way. It was noteworthy to me that we see some sign of Aunt Deb being confused -- expecting Charlotte to arrive the day after the arrival date she had written in her letter -- before the original blow on the head. Of course, the cure by the second blow on the head is preposterous, but by that time, Barton had won me over and I was willing to give her a pass. I think a reader would have to have a heart of stone not to empathize with Charlotte's dilemma of making the best of Aunt Deb turning the dream trip to Italy into a nightmare. Albert Aliotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14144975763185168090noreply@blogger.com