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Patty Wyatt is clever, independent, and perfectly capable of succeeding in college—provided success does not require following every rule. In her final year at an all-women’s college, Patty approaches campus life with quick wit, boundless confidence, and a remarkable talent for avoiding...

The sequel to Daddy-Long-Legs finds Judy Abbott's best friend, Sallie McBride, taking total control over the John Grier Home, the orphanage where Judy grew up. Chronicling her hilarious yet heartfelt day-to-day interactions with the permanent residents of the John Grier Home, Sallie spills her heart out in letter after letter to multiple recipients, including the doctor of the JGH - one Robin MacRae, whom she has deemed her enemy and refers to him as such in her letters. 

Jerusha Abbott, who much prefers to be called Judy, has received the offer of a lifetime: an anonymous benefactor has chosen to pay for her college education, in return for monthly letters. As a poor orphan with nothing of her own - even her name was chosen at random by the matron of the...

"מר נאמן-נדיב-שולח-יתומות-לקולג' יקר, הגעתי! אתמול נסעתי ארבע שעות ברכבת. זאת הרגשה מוזרה, נכון? אף פעם לא נסעתי ברכבת לפני כן. הקולג' הוא מקום כל כך גדול ומבלבל – כל...

Jerusha Abbott, an eighteen year old orphan, faces an uncertain future in the charity home where she has lived all her life. On reaching adulthood, the orphanage can no longer offer shelter to its inmates. Her anxiety leads her into wild speculation when she is summoned to the matron's office. But a surprise awaits her. One of the visitors, a wealthy Trustee of the orphanage, has offered to fund Jerusha's college education and fulfill her dreams of becoming a writer. The only condition he makes is that he remain anonymous and that she write to him regularly about her progress.

Mischievous Jerusha Abbott corresponds with her unknown benefactor after she leaves the orphan asylum for college, expanding horizons and romance. This reading was selected as a Notable Children's Recording in 1989 by the American Library Association.