Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
>> Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Publication Date: 1964
Pages: 300
Challenge: Heart of a Child Challenge #5
From the Publisher:Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. In her notebook, she writes down everything she knows about everyone, even her classmates and her best friends. Then Harriet loses track of her notebook, and it ends up in the wrong hands. Before she can stop them, her friends have read the always truthful, sometimes awful things she’s written about each of them. Will Harriet find a way to put her life and her friendships back together?
This was another totally enjoyable trip down memory lane. I read this book multiple times when I was a kid. I could relate to Harriet on many levels at the same time that I could see that she was kind of a spoiled brat. The thing I remember is that in Harriet I found someone who learned some of life’s lessons just like most of us do, by making mistakes and having to remember that it’s just as easy to hurt someone else’s feelings as it is to be hurt yourself.
No stars – I couldn’t even finish it
1 star – I didn’t like it but I managed to finish it.
2 stars – It was OK. Not good, but seriously just OK.
3 stars - I liked it. I didn’t think it was great, but I thought it was good entertainment.
4 stars – I really liked it. I really think you might like it too.
5 stars – It was amazing. I’d recommend this to just about anyone.
3 comments:
Suzi, I adored this book as a child...and I just wrote about it for Dewey's Weekly Geeks challenge too :) Thanks for the review!
I missed this one when I was young. Guess I'll have to make up for it now.
Wendy: I remember reading it several times. Harriet had her faults, but there was just something about her I could relate to.
Framed: I'd love to hear what you think.
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