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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2012 | Fiction
After the deaths of her parents and, one by one, her two unsuitable distant-relative guardians, ten-year-old Margaret finds herself in the care of The Concerned Ladies' Club: "Finding a Home for the Pitiful Foundling, for over Thirty-Seven Years." The ladies (who aren't really concerned so much as competitive with the next town over's philanthropic efforts) deposit Margaret at the utopian-seeming Hopeton Orphanage. Initially thrilled to...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
Margaret finds herself at the Hopeton Orphanage, whose proprietress is a baddie straight out of Dahl. Margaret learns she can co...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
