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Patty and Ginger #2
Boy Wanted
Patty Palmer and Ginger Johnston are high school sophomores and rather unlikely best friends. Cheerful and congenial Ginger is happy to play second-fiddle to self-centered and demanding Patty. But what might happen when the boys prefer Ginger to the beautiful Patty?
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188 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1959
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Janet Lambert
155 books42 followersJanet Lambert, born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, was a popular girls' story author from 1941 through 1969 (and beyond to today). She wrote 54 books during that time about a number of different girls and their families. Her most popular series were about the Parrishes and the Jordons. These stories, and many of her other series, became entwined as the various characters met each other, married, and then had children of their own!
Janet, having an interest in both the theater and writing, decided to write her own plays in which to act. She did achieve her goal and appeared on Broadway. When she married a career Army officer, her life on stage came to a close, but her stories were still flowing. Knowing well the "life of the Army," many of Ms. Lambert's books are set on Army posts throughout the United States.
Legend has it that her stories started as bedtime stories for her children while they were overseas. Each night, the author would tell the next "installment" of the series. Later, after her kids were grown, she penned one of her stories (Star Spangled Summer) and—according to legend—it was sold to a publisher the very day after she sent it to them.
Janet, having an interest in both the theater and writing, decided to write her own plays in which to act. She did achieve her goal and appeared on Broadway. When she married a career Army officer, her life on stage came to a close, but her stories were still flowing. Knowing well the "life of the Army," many of Ms. Lambert's books are set on Army posts throughout the United States.
Legend has it that her stories started as bedtime stories for her children while they were overseas. Each night, the author would tell the next "installment" of the series. Later, after her kids were grown, she penned one of her stories (Star Spangled Summer) and—according to legend—it was sold to a publisher the very day after she sent it to them.
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September 12, 2016
The book I read is the original hardcover of this title. It's book #2 in Lambert's Patty & Ginger series. While I don't like this series as much as I loved the Parish-Jordan series, by the time it got to this title the series was becoming more enjoyable.
Patty is an absolute brat; she reminded me so much of Lambert's character Gwen Jordan and she pulled the same sort of stunts. Ginger is a loving, caring, unselfish girl whom Patty embroils in her self-inflicted troubles and ruins her good times. You can see in this book how Ginger's neighbor, "Spark Plug" is going to play a big role in her life- at least, I think so. He's steady and dependable but doesn't like girls.
Patty is an absolute brat; she reminded me so much of Lambert's character Gwen Jordan and she pulled the same sort of stunts. Ginger is a loving, caring, unselfish girl whom Patty embroils in her self-inflicted troubles and ruins her good times. You can see in this book how Ginger's neighbor, "Spark Plug" is going to play a big role in her life- at least, I think so. He's steady and dependable but doesn't like girls.
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