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What Katy Did

by Susan Coolidge
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Overview

Includes a character guide, a story quiz, a which-character-are-you-like quiz, information on being a girl in the 19th century, directions to make a pin cushion, and splendiferous vocabulary

I mean to do something grand. I don't know what, yet; but when I'm grown up I shall find out.

Katy Carr is the longest girl that was ever seen. She is all legs and elbows, and angles and joints. She tears her dress every day, hates sewing, and doesn't care a button about being called "good." Her head is full of schemes and one day she plans to do something important. But a great deal is to happen to Katy before that time comes.

Twelve-year-old Katy always planned to do a great many wonderful things but in the end did something she never planned at all.

About the Author, Susan Coolidge

Susan Coolidge (1835–1905) was an American children's author who based the Carr family from What Katy Did on her own siblings. She also wrote What Katy Did at School, What Katy Did Next, and Clover.

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From the Publisher

"Katy Carr wasn't perfect—far from it—but she was perfect for me!"  —Cathy Cassidy, author, Dizzy

"This tale of a boisterous child coming into maturity reads with the same zest and insight as it would have done when it was first published over 130 years ago."  —Guardian

Book Details

Published
June 1, 2013
Publisher
Random House UK
Pages
246
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780099573128

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