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Jack and Jill
Jack and Jill: A Village Story | Louisa May Alcott
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""Jack and Jill,"" which has been out of print for over a decade, was originally published in 1880. It was the last of Louisa May Alcott's eight novels for children that began with ""Little Women."" Subititled ""A Village Story,"" it is set in Harmony Village, a fictional small New England town. The book tells the story of neighbors and best friends Jack Minot and Janey Pecq, nicknamed ""Jill"" because she is Jack's constant companion. The two young people go up a snowy hill one December day and suffer a serious sledding accident. The story follows the two and their friends through their recovery, through winter and spring holidays and activities, summer vacation, and back to a new school year. "". . they were just beginning to look about them as they stepped out of childhood into youth . . . There are many such boys and girls, full of high hopes, lovely possibilities, and earnest plans, pausing a moment before they push their little boats from the safe shore.""
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Lcsmcat
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Because I just got home from a Town Council meeting and would rather read than run up and down stairs collecting books to photograph, here‘s all the #J titles from my home library of actual print books. (I‘m sure I have some ebooks too, like Jude the Obscure comes to mind.) #30Junebooks @howjessreads

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HotCocoaReads
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This story starts out at Christmastime, when Jack and Jill (best friends who are teenagers) get into a pretty horrible sledding accident and are bed-ridden for months. Not a ton of stuff happens, but we see how the kids get along as they‘re healing. Yes, it‘s full of morals and lessons but is that really so bad to read about when morals are becoming harder and harder to find these days? I liked reading about the sweet innocence of these kids.

ReadingSusan I have found her books harder and harder to digest the older I get. The moralizing is so cloying. 6y
Redjewel_7734 @ReadingSusan I agree. Little Women will always be a favorite if for no other reason than reading it always feels like coming home (it was my first book love), but there is quite a bit that becomes harder & harder to swallow as time goes on. However, there is a beautiful sweet naïveté to her writing as well. 6y
DivineDiana Not so bad at all. 😊 6y
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HotCocoaReads @ReadingSusan It‘s definitely not for everyone, but it doesn‘t bother me at all. It reminds me of the simple way things used to be. 6y
HotCocoaReads @Redjewel_7734 Yes, it does feel like coming home—and takes me back to when I was l was figuring out the world. I kind of like her “sweet naïveté” too! 6y
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KerriNTurner
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Headed outside to enjoy the spring weather while reading today!

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Jack and Jill: A Village Story | Louisa May Alcott
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Decided my FB page needed a new header photo. But had to pull out both the French and English scrabbles to come up with two Ks!! Funny how much more the K is worth in French. 🙂

drokka Strictly speaking French hasn't any words with K, but as is the case with most languages, it assimilates words from other languages and voilà, K! 7y
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BooksCatsMaine
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Il est un dilemme.

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KerriNTurner
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#readjanuary day 8: #bookswithapropername. Turns out a lot of my old classics have #titleswithaproper name.