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Lädt ... Dicket: A Story of Friendships (1933)von Jane Abbott
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Published in 1933, some four years before Jane Abbott's A Row of Stars, which is also a school story, and which I happened to read first, Dicket: A Story of Friendships features the same kind of heroine as that later book. Much like Dinty, the protagonist of A Row of Stars, Dicket does not have a particularly successful first year of school. Both girls have some mistaken ideas about who they want to befriend, both neglect their schoolwork, and both fail to capitalize on all the advantages and opportunities offered to them. I found the parallels between the two characters quite interesting, as I was reading Dicket's story, and was conscious of a feeling, very similar to the one I had with Dinty, of impatience with the heroine's seeming obliviousness and lack of moral strength. I did appreciate that, toward the end, she finally saw Jean and Fern for who they were, but it took most of the book. That said, this was still an engaging tale, one that fans of the girls' boarding school story will no doubt find appealing. The details of school life and customs, the sports rivalry between the Blues and Reds, the social issues raised, are all quite engrossing. Recommended to fans of the genre, and to those readers interested in Jane D. Abbott's work. ( )