Franny Billingsley's Chime
It's the early 20th century (I guess) and a young girl growing up in a small town is giving testimony to something or other, and knows she's totally wicked and is secretly a witch, and is fairly open about both those things (making for a surprisingly likable narrator). Of course things are complicated by her odd twin sister and by the new boy in town. What's interesting about this is that the reader starts to figure out that something about the story is just not right (and probably will figure out the end long before the protagonist, but that's ok too)--so a pretty exciting read full of fantastic elements. B+.
Maud Hart Lovelace's Betsy-Tacy
YESSSSS the Betsy-Tacy books are finally all available for the Kindle!!! Thank you, Harper-Collins! And the illustrations totally look great (I was worried). These new editions feature all sorts of biographical information/photos of the author and her friends. But you don't need any of that to enjoy the story, which never stops being one of my favorites.
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