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Straw Hat Summer
From Kirkus: The glamour, the glitter, the sweat and the tears of the legitimate stage became a reality to Gail Prentice, 18, when the Wicket Theatre Players used the old red barn on her family's farm for a summer theatre.
188 pages, Hardcover
First published October 14, 1957
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November 21, 2025
This book took me so long to read. It just dragged. I think some of the problem was the main character. Yes, she was well defined, but she was so wishy-washy, in love with this boy and then that one, while none of them gave her the least bit encouragement.
Gail Prentice lives on a struggling farm with her parents and older brother. She has had at least one year of college, so should not be as immature as she is described. She's very bored and jealous of school friends. Then her dad is approached with an offer to have his old red barn, no longer in use, fixed up as a theater. Gail has problems at first connecting with these players, most of them young like her. Finally she makes inroads into making friends. And of course, she becomes a summer theater apprentice. And in the end decides on which boy she likes.
Gail Prentice lives on a struggling farm with her parents and older brother. She has had at least one year of college, so should not be as immature as she is described. She's very bored and jealous of school friends. Then her dad is approached with an offer to have his old red barn, no longer in use, fixed up as a theater. Gail has problems at first connecting with these players, most of them young like her. Finally she makes inroads into making friends. And of course, she becomes a summer theater apprentice. And in the end decides on which boy she likes.
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