by Louise Fitzhugh
Genre: Realistic Fiction/AR 6.1
I kept wanting to find a way to like Harriet. Ole Goody who lived with her everyday obviously saw something in her. I definitely liked wise, Ole Goody. Harriet, however, is a character with serious flaws. She not only spies on all of her "friends," she writes unkind, hypercritical things about them. But when Harriet's friends read her diary and find out all the hateful things she has written about them, she is unapologetic and incensed that they violated her privacy by reading her diary. Never does she appreciate the absurdity of her actions given that she has made a habit of invading other people's privacy. In the end, her two best friends return to her not because she has apologized or even been kind, but because she tricks them by setting their new alliances against each other through more sneaky spying. I'll find it hard to recommend this one to anyone. So, if it's your favorite, feel free to leave a comment defending it.
