Addie's Dakota Winter

Addie #3

by Laurie Lawlor

She wants a perfect friend -- But can she be a perfect friend. Addie can't wait for school to begin. ALl she wants is one special friend. But scrawny, scrappy Tilla Bergstrom isn't the friend she imagined. Addie even thinks Tilla lies! But she'll have to do until somebody better comes along. The girls are having fun -- until some bullies threaten Tilla because of Addie's lie. When Tilla disappears, Addie sets out on the long trek to her house to apologize and to bring her back. But Tilla can't return to school. And Addie is soon trapped in a blinding blizzard, fighting for her life -- and the friend she almost lost!

Genres: Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Childrens

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Laurie Lawlor grew up in a family enamored with the theater. Along with her five brothers and sisters she spent summers in a summer stock repertory company in a small mountain town in Colorado that was run by their mother (costumer, cook, accountant, and resident psychiatrist) and their father (artistic director).

Reviews

[Natalya]

It was just okay. I found Addie to be annoyingly selfish and while I wouldn't want a perfect character she was very stupid.Her brother George was rebellious at first but thankfully turned around. The whole story felt cliche.

[Shannon]

DNF'd at page 29
Just not terribly interested, I think this series is too written too young for me to appreciate

[Esther]

I would have really enjoyed this book as a child. The copyright is 1989 so I would not have had the opportunity to read it in the 1950s.

[Jenny]

21/25
4 original
4 good topic
4 fast read
5 plot
4 opinion

[Nancy]

At first the whining, fighting, bad attitudes, ungratefulness, disrespect and meanness wanted me to put aside this book, but glad I didn't. It had good lessons. There was a nasty song in the beginning, by the rowdy boys, so might want to leave that out or alter it if reading aloud.