She abandoned him and walked into town only to find the bracelet already sold. Something came up and he couldn't take her so she stewed about it all day until after dinner when she and her brother were getting berries. Eberhardt tells the story of her tenth birthday when, after saving up money from extra chores, her father was going to take her into Blaiseville to buy a bracelet she'd had her eye on. In this time period it appears that rides were common enough and not in the least bit dangerous. They'd start out walking but someone always came along to give the a ride. Eberhardt) tell stories of her youth or the two girls go into town. Sometimes Garnet and Citronella listen to her great-grandmother (Garnet calls her Mrs. She enjoys spending time with her brother or Citronella, the girl who lives next door. Jay is a few years older and Donald is much younger. Garnet is a nine and a half year old girl with two brothers. Kids helped their parents with all sorts of house and farm chores - without question. $3.50 was a lot of money to win for the first prize animal in the fair. It was a time when electricity was available but not a given an ice cream cone was a great treat and a nickel could buy a lot. This book also de-bunks global warming since it says it is 110 degrees - in Wisconsin! Set on a Wisconsin farm around the turn of the twentieth century this book is similar to Caddie Woodlawn - but when Caddie ran off alone it was for a good cause, when this character (Garnet) goes off it is because of anger and there is no punishment ever spoken of.
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