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A review by missbryden
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin
4.0
Another old "classic" that I've never read. I'd heard about it possibly compared to [b:Pollyanna|1000751|Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1)|Eleanor H. Porter|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1673585138l/1000751._SX50_.jpg|1099715] as a goody-goody (another I haven't read yet and thus don't know if the ideas of Pollyanna as a goody-goody are accurate).
Rebecca Rowena Randall (love the names and how her parents named their children long fanciful artistic or literary inspired names) is not perfect, she grows throughout the story, she's imaginative (shades of [b:Anne of Green Gables|8127|Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)|L.M. Montgomery|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1615094578l/8127._SY75_.jpg|3464264], similar characters - though Rebecca preceded Anne in literary history), caring, seeks knowledge.
The setting, both in place (New England small town) and time (early 1900s) felt similar to [b:Understood Betsy|347151|Understood Betsy|Dorothy Canfield Fisher|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388985862l/347151._SX50_.jpg|3234038] as did the one room schoolhouse and acceptance of education at different levels for the same student (like you might be a higher than average level at English, but lower at math and you can work with that).
Also reminiscent of [b:Daddy-Long-Legs|1499952|Daddy-Long-Legs (Daddy-Long-Legs, #1)|Jean Webster|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1545901408l/1499952._SY75_.jpg|1710545] as Rebecca gets older, goes to school, and her friendship with "Mr. Aladdin".
The story with "Mr. Aladdin", in the end of the book, was a little weird, but it was left open so that was better than some kind of "they lived happily ever after", and the end was focused on Rebecca, her family, and their future.
my Pinterest board of references
Rebecca Rowena Randall (love the names and how her parents named their children long fanciful artistic or literary inspired names) is not perfect, she grows throughout the story, she's imaginative (shades of [b:Anne of Green Gables|8127|Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)|L.M. Montgomery|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1615094578l/8127._SY75_.jpg|3464264], similar characters - though Rebecca preceded Anne in literary history), caring, seeks knowledge.
The setting, both in place (New England small town) and time (early 1900s) felt similar to [b:Understood Betsy|347151|Understood Betsy|Dorothy Canfield Fisher|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388985862l/347151._SX50_.jpg|3234038] as did the one room schoolhouse and acceptance of education at different levels for the same student (like you might be a higher than average level at English, but lower at math and you can work with that).
Also reminiscent of [b:Daddy-Long-Legs|1499952|Daddy-Long-Legs (Daddy-Long-Legs, #1)|Jean Webster|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1545901408l/1499952._SY75_.jpg|1710545] as Rebecca gets older, goes to school, and her friendship with "Mr. Aladdin".
The story with "Mr. Aladdin", in the end of the book, was a little weird, but it was left open so that was better than some kind of "they lived happily ever after", and the end was focused on Rebecca, her family, and their future.
my Pinterest board of references