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Lädt ... Two Are Better Than Onevon Carol Ryrie Brink
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Only the second book I have read from Carol Ryrie Brink - the other being the Newbery Medal winner Caddie Woodlawn, which I recall enjoying in my own childhood - this charming coming-of-age story is enough to convince me that I have been missing out! I enjoyed everything about Two Are Better Than One, from the many humorous moments - Chrys and Cordy walking each other back and forth one night, because neither wants to pass the jailhouse alone! The contretemps at the Lark household, when the great romantical novel is discovered by Cordy's brothers and Mr. Crump! - to the sensitive depiction of two girls who, although in no rush to grow up, discover that it is happening regardless. I particularly liked the episode involving the girls' rather grumpy teacher, Miss Hickenlooper, in which they discover that she is a human being after all, one for whom they slowly develop an appreciation; as well as the one in which they learn that beautiful new hats are not the most important aspect of Easter. Although no mention is made of it in the text, it is clear from their eventual married names that Cordy and Chrys eventually marry the young men boarding in their homes (Mr. Crump and Mr. Banks). I liked the fact that this knowledge is available in the background, but not commented upon in the story itself, as it gives the book an added sense of depth - one gets the sense that the author had so much more she could have told, if she wanted to.
All in all, this was an outstanding little book, one that reminded me, with its tale of two inseparable girl friends, and their doings in turn-of-the-century small-town America, of the more famous Betsy-Tacy books. I wish someone would bring it back into print! ( )