(I just happened to run across this blog in an internet search–I live in Wisconsin).

do any of you know a book about a little girl who always wore the wrong thing? – to a birthday party, she might have worn a brownie uniform, to a pool party, pajamas, to a dance recital, overalls, – something like that… i haven’t yet found anyone who remembers the book – but i felt most like that little girl, and raced to see “clueless” when it was release, knowing nothing at all about it – so…. (oh, i too loved the box car children, and didn’t know until i was trying to acquire books for my future children, that it had become a mega-series! – one of my children plowed through all of them! – he’s a little ocd, and so, another generation has them…) also, i loved helen fuller orton’s mystery books, and edgar eager’s magic books, and all of alcott’s and also all of the five little peppers, and all of a kind family – and loved my first two “adult” books, spencer’s mountain (from which the waltons was created) and jubilee, which was plagiarized by alex hailey and turned into roots – (i knew during the trials that it had been plagiarized, because when i read roots, i remembered where and when i’d previously read passages!) – anyway, nice to see you al here! -

Sandy in NH

p.s. the children in The Box Car Children, School House in the Woods and Clematis were three of my favorites, and of course all three of Jennie’s books.