'What Katy did at school' is a compelling tale of the intrigues of life at the New England girls' boarding school which Katy attends. Her trials, adventures and scrapes are all interwoven with a sense of fun and gently ironic good humour.
Reckless and imaginative Katy wants to do so many wonderful things with her life. But when an accident leaves her paralyzed, her long recovery provides the opportunity to learn kindness and generosity.
'I mean to do something grand.
This vintage text contains Sarah Chauncey Woolsey's heart-warming children's novel, 'What Katy Did Next'.
And as I thought, this little story grew in my head, and I resolved to write it down for you. I have done it; and, in memory of my two little friends on the bulrush, I give it their name. Here it is-the story of What Katy Did.
* TRILOGY - Three of American author Susan Coolidge's "Katy Series" books are in this trilogy: What Katy Did (1872), What Katy Did at School (1873) and What Katy Did Next (1886)What Katy Did Katy, a 12-year-old tomboy, is always finding ...
We don't go up into the loft half so much as we used to when you ware at home. Mrs. Worrett came to dinner last week. She says she ways two hundred and atey pounds. I should think it would be dredful to way that. I only way 76.
What Katy Did at School by Susan Coolidge.
Clover Templestowe, now happily married and living in the High Valley, at first finds it very trying to get on with Imogen.
How is this book unique?
The fictional Carr family of this series was modeled after Woolsey's own family and the protagonist Katy Carr was inspired by Woolsey herself; while the brothers and sisters "Little Carrs" were modeled on her four younger siblings.