The Secret Sisters

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Old traditions conflict with modern notions when a girl determined to define her own place graduates from a rural one-room schoolhouse to a small towns bustling school, in Newbery medalist Avis sequel toThe Secret School.

Attending high school in Steamboat Springs is Ida Bidsons dreamits her next step toward becoming a teacherandher best shot at escaping a life of milking cows.

Its 1925, and from using telephones to attending movies, Ida is thrilled by her new experiences in Steamboat. She and her school friends even form a club, the Secret Sisters, to celebrate everything modern. But when they accidentally antagonize the strict, traditionalist principal, Idas high school career may be in jeopardy.

Its up to the Secret Sisters to confound the old-fashioned principals notions and save Idas dream!

Author Bio

Avi is the author of more than sixty books, including Crispin: The Cross of Lead, a Newbery Medal winner, and Crispin: At the Edge of the World. His other acclaimed titles include The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and Nothing But the Truth, both Newbery Honor Books, and most recently The Seer of Shadows. He lives with his family in Colorado.