Knock on the Door, Emmy - Florence Crannell Means

Title: Knock on the Door, Emmy
Author: Florence Crannell Means
Genre: YA
Rating: 3.5/5
# pages: 147
Date read: June, 2009

Emmy's parents drive around an old truck and make homemade willow baskets which Emmy helps sell. Nobody has ever considered that she should learn anything. The dirty, ignorant girl's meeting with a boy from a "normal" home makes her realise what she's missing, and now she knocks on the doors of schools in all the cities and towns she comes to. For Phil's sake, and to help others in her position.

This was one of my favourite books when I was younger... A position I'm afraid it can no longer hold. It was very obvious in this read-through that I enjoyed it for nostalgia's sake only, and would probably have found it somewhat boring without those rosy glasses.

Apart from Emmy, the characters all seem rather 2-dimensional, and even Emmy could be accused of having Mary Sue-like qualities. The plot is sweet and simple, but somewhat rushed and unrealistic in places.

It's always such a shame when childhood favourites don't pass the test of time

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