| Author |
Vandercook, Margaret, 1876-1958 |
| Illustrator |
Bodine, Hugh A. |
| Title |
The Ranch Girls at Boarding School
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| Note |
Reading ease score: 71.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
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| Credits |
Produced by Roger Frank
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| Summary |
"The Ranch Girls at Boarding School" by Margaret Vandercook is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around a group of young girls from a ranch in Wyoming who have journeyed east to attend a fashionable boarding school. The main character, Olive Ralston, battles homesickness and insecurities as she navigates the unfamiliar social dynamics of her new environment, while also longing for her friend Jack, who is recovering from an accident. The opening of the book introduces the characters as they settle into Primrose Hall and confront their first night at school. Olive, restless and longing for home, struggles with feelings of loneliness and anxiety while her friends Jean and Frieda seem more at ease. As dawn breaks, Olive's insecurities intensify, prompting her to embark on a walk that leads to her first encounter with school rules and consequences. The narrative explores themes of friendship, identity, and the challenges of growing up, setting the stage for the girls' adventures and conflicts in boarding school life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
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| Subject |
Schools -- Juvenile fiction
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| Subject |
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
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| Subject |
Girls -- Juvenile fiction
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| Subject |
Boarding school students -- Juvenile fiction
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| Subject |
Young women -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile fiction
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| Subject |
Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile fiction
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
56097 |
| Release Date |
Dec 1, 2017 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads |
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