Dotty's Suitcase

by Constance C. Greene

Dotty Fickett wants to leave home and travel the world but her dreams get mixed up with bank robbers and the adventure is not what she bargained for

160 pages, Paperback

First published September 22, 1980

About the author

Born on October 27th, 1924, Constance C. Greene, the daughter of newspaper reporters, published A Girl Called Al (Viking, 1969) the story about a very intelligent girl who is an under-achiever and latch key kid, although Greene says that at the time of the writing the term wasn't being used yet. Al was a likable character and other books followed.

One of Greene's most popular books, Beat the Turtle Drum (Viking 1976), came from personal experience. At the age of eleven, Greene's sister died. The story relates how a young girl learns to cope with the accidental death of her sister. The book was adapted for television in 1976 as Very Good Friends and was shown on the ABC After-school Special.

Greene also wrote other juvenile and adult novels, among them Nora: Maybe a Ghost Story and Isabelle the Itch.

—Leslie Greaves Radloff

Reviews

[Faye · Rating 1 out of 5]

The main character was selfish and couldn't make up her mind. She was constantly bossing around the only other kind that would even so much ans hang out with her.

[Carrie · Rating 2 out of 5]

An adequate early-80s children's book that could have been SO much better with a better writer, or at least an agressive editor.