Meet Gretel Muller, a young German girl growing up in Galveston, Texas in 1855. Gretel dreams of living in a fairy-tale castle by the sea, but instead spends her days working with her short-tempered sisters in their mother's hat shop. When a rich resident announces that she wants a young German girl to come stay with her, Gretel sees her opportunity. But how will she ever get a chance when everyone thinks she's a lazy and foolish girl?
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Grade 2-4?In this beginning chapter book, Greta Muller, youngest of three daughters of German immigrants and considered a fool by her family, lives in Galveston, Texas, in 1855. Her widowed mother runs a millinery shop, which she feels is beneath her. When Frau Dimpel, a rich, elderly woman, comes to the shop seeking a young companion, it seems like the perfect opportunity to improve their lot. The story is completely predictable and the "nobody listens to me" theme is excessive. Needless to say, Gretel gets the job because she is a hard worker and sympathetic. Diamond's fine black-and-white illustrations deserve a stronger story.?Charlyn Lyons, Broome County Library, Binghamton, NY
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Meet Gretel Muller, a young German girl growing up in Galveston, Texas in 1855. Gretel dreams of living in a fairy-tale castle by the sea, but instead spends her days working with her short-tempered sisters in their mother's hat shop. When a rich resident announces that she wants a young German girl to come stay with her, Gretel sees her opportunity. But how will she ever get a chance when everyone thinks she's a lazy and foolish girl?
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