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Les Petites Pensionnaires (2010)

by Hilary McKay(Favorite Author)

3.65 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

207062871X (ISBN13: 9782070628711)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Gallimard-Jeunesse

review 1: An excellent little book, if with uneven pacing at times. (And I really don't think we needed cat PoV scenes.) There's a great deal of depth given to the background characters at the school that Sarah left behind, and I ended up with a great deal of sympathy for all of them. (Even Lottie, who is a terrible brat, but can't entirely be blamed for it.) I would've liked a little more treatment of some of the class issues from the original--the author's clearly aware of them--but that's not the focus of this book, and I can be satisfied with a great deal more insight to Ermengarde and Lavinia's characters.
review 2: The blurb here at GoodReads calls it an “enchanting sequel to Frances Hodgson Burnett’s A Little Princess”. I wouldn’t go as far as that. Ench... moreanting is a bit much in my opinion. Charming, puwede pa. The “A Little Princess” is one of my favourite children’s books, because, yeah it is enchanting and magical and quite frankly an unforgettable read. I could go on, but this isn’t a review of the “A Little Princess”, though am not thinking of bringing my copy out and re-reading.“Wishing for Tomorrow” is a charming, easy read. The author manages to flesh out the “minor” characters from the original story – the girls and women left behind – and make them both recognizable and yet her own. The one real fault I can find is, well, maybe it’s an inconsequential personal quibble but . . . it doesn't seem like a complete stand alone story on itself. Like, you can’t come into it without any prior knowledge of the “A Little Princess”. I realize that it’s supposed to be a sequel but would have liked it better if it seemed a bit more robust and could stand on its own. As it is, it seems both the plot and the characters, while charming, are kinda thin and flat.It serves its purpose. It’s an entertaining and fun read and fits in well with the end of the original story. It’s just not as . . . unforgettable. less

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