Leave It to Beany (Beany Malone Series, #3)

Synopsis

Beany Malone liked to manage things. She thought she could even manage Sheila McBride when Sheila appeared at the big friendly house on Barberry Street. The Malones had invited their "much removed" Irish cousin, whom they had never seen, because she was an orphan and lonely in America. Beany pictured her as being wistful and starry-eyed like Peg o' My Heart, and thought she would be as eager to share their interests as they were to include her in their merry circle. Pretty Mary Fred would take Sheila under her wing at college, literary Johnny would discuss Irish poets and plays with her, and Beany, whose warm heart could play odd pranks on her practical mind, resolved that Sheila must always wear gay clothes, sparkle with wit, and never do household chores. It never occurred to them that Sheila might have her own ideas and plans, and the character (Beany called it stubbornness) to carry them out. But Beany plunged with headlong enthusiasm into a newspaper job while still in high school, pleased to have something to take her mind from her troubles with her best beau, and Sheila's stubbornness. One afternoon she brought home from the paper a stray baby, name and age unknown, as anyone else might bring in a stray kitten! The baby played havoc with the household routine, and caused so many surprising complications that sometimes Beany forgot to worry about having lost the charm bracelet that Norbett had given her. Meanwhile troubles multiplied, and Beany found that trying to manage everything and everybody was a big job.

Copyright:

1950

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

239 Pages

Publisher:

N/A

Date of Addition:

08/13/08

Copyrighted By:

Lenora Mattingly Weber

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Teens, Literature and Fiction

Grade Levels:

Sixth grade, Seventh grade, Eighth grade

Submitted By:

Mayrie ReNae

Proofread By:

Satauna

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.