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After Isobel's father enlists during WWI, Isobel, her mother, and her sister stay with Aunt Buzzy and her thirteen-year-old stepson, Ranger. Ranger is more interested in making films than making friends, but he and buddy Sam have only a bare-bones script; Isobel steps in with rewrites. There's some melodrama in both the movie script and Isobel's real-life situation, but her coming of age rings true.
Reviewer: Betty Carter
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2016