The Little Colonel at Boarding School

Reeks: Little Colonel Series

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  • A
  • novel
  • of
  • new
  • adventures—and
  • happy
  • homecomings—in
  • the
  • classic
  • series
  • about
  • a
  • Kentucky
  • girlhood
  • that
  • inspired
  • the
  • beloved
  • Shirley
  • Temple
  • film.Because
  • of
  • an
  • illness
  • in
  • the
  • family
  • that
  • her
  • mother
  • has
  • to
  • attend
  • to,
  • Lloyd
  • Sherman,
  • also
  • known
  • as
  • the
  • Little
  • Colonel,
  • is
  • shipped
  • off
  • to
  • boarding
  • school
  • from
  • her
  • home
  • in
  • Lloydsboro
  • Valley,
  • Kentucky.During
  • the
  • semester,
  • the
  • Little
  • Colonel
  • becomes
  • friends
  • with
  • Ida
  • Shane,
  • founds
  • a
  • Shadow
  • Club
  • to
  • raise
  • money
  • for
  • the
  • poor,
  • and
  • attends
  • her
  • very
  • first
  • Halloween
  • masquerade.But
  • as
  • the
  • Little
  • Colonel
  • returns
  • home
  • to
  • her
  • loving
  • family
  • and
  • awaits
  • the
  • beginning
  • of
  • the
  • New
  • Year,
  • she
  • learns
  • the
  • most
  • important
  • lesson
  • of
  • her
  • time
  • away
  • at
  • school:
  • absence
  • makes
  • the
  • heart
  • grow
  • fonder.This
  • novel
  • is
  • part
  • of
  • the
  • series
  • based
  • on
  • real
  • characters
  • in
  • the
  • author’s
  • life
  • that
  • “became
  • one
  • of
  • the
  • most
  • celebrated
  • children’s
  • reads
  • through
  • the
  • mid-20th
  • century,
  • not
  • only
  • in
  • the
  • United
  • States
  • but
  • throughout
  • much
  • of
  • the
  • world”
  • (Courier Journal).
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