What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

juvenile chapter book, possibly considered "girls" fiction. Group of friends go away for a summer vacation. There is an orchard, a house with lovely bedrooms (I recall a description of the furniture), a tree house, an adventure with gypsies. Possibly a mystery. I seem to recall a fairy ring in the story somewhere. I read this in junior high school so the year would have been prior to 1967. I believe the book was older than that.

Are you looking for a specific book Marcia, or just books that are similar?

Possibly a book by Catherine Woolley? She wrote a number of well known series for girls around that time. Her books often had detailed descriptions of the places where they stayed and an element of mystery.

Ginnie and Geneva is the first in that series, and the two girls often vacation together.

Teri-k wrote: "Possibly a book by Catherine Woolley? She wrote a number of well known series for girls around that time. Her books often had detailed descriptions of the places where they stayed a..."

I loved those Ginnie and Geneva books too.

Laurie wrote: "I loved those Ginnie and Geneva books too."

They can be hard to find, but some of them are available free through openlibrary.com

Thanks so much for the tip, however the children in "my" book included boys and a variety of ages. I will keep searching!

Was this part of a series?
Anything about the cover?
Time period/location (England, midwest, etc) the story takes place?

Marcia, are you still looking for this or did you find it?

still looking ;-/

A shot in the dark - "The Little Washingtons' Holidays" (1925) by Lillian Elizabeth Roy?

Book's tags on Librarything.com - adventure children children's dj elementary farm fiction frigate front hall III 2 General Washington George Washington gypsies gypsy hardcover historical fiction history holiday homeschool literature Little Washingtons Martha Washington novel school summer vacation Vermont

One cover image on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/VOLS-LITTLE-WA...

One cover image on Worldcat.org - https://www.librarything.com/work/872...

Luck of Lowry is an older book for girls that features gypsies -- I don't recall a tree house or fairy ring though.

How old are the girls in the story?

If there were gypsies, was it set somewhere in Europe?

Tab wrote: "Was this part of a series?
Anything about the cover?
Time period/location (England, midwest, etc) the story takes place?"

late 1950's early 1960's new england

Not any of the books suggested so far?

Gypsies sound like an unusual thing to put in a kids' book set in the USA.

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