Two Are Better Than One

A dear little story of two dear friends, Chrys and Cordy, who are twelve-going-on-thirteen in early 1900s Idaho. I love good friendship stories, and this one was really dear as they have adventures in Sunday School, school, riding horses, and so on. The two pocket dolls, Lester and Lynette, are part of each adventure and a part of the novel the girls write together as well. Doesn't anyone else wish kids' books were this lighthearted and enjoyable nowadays?The vintage details like painting on the Shredded Wheat dividers was a neat touch, also. And it was fun to spot [b:My Lady of the South: A Story of the Civil War 34950717 My Lady of the South A Story of the Civil War Randall Parrish https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/book/50x75-a91bf249278a81aabab721ef782c4a74.png 3437665] as the “first novel” Chrys reads after a diet of Five Little Peppers and Oz.There's a very, very slight hint of future romance if you compare the last names the girls ended up with and put two and two together. Also, one “sanitized swear.”