Ellen Is Home Alone

by Francine Pascal and Molly Mia Stewart

Source: Copyright deposit, Apr. 15, 1993.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553480138
• ISBN13: 9780553480139
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Sweet Valley
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.2" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Sweet Valley Kids #39: Ellen Is Home Alone

In "Ellen Is Home Alone," second-grader Ellen Riteman and her older sister, Debbie, become latchkey kids when their mother starts working. Both girls like their new independence, except Ellen starts to dislike it after awhile when she starts hearing creepy noises in the house. Plus Debbie makes Ellen do all of her chores, in addition to her own, while Debbie watches TV and eats ice cream.Being a latchkey kid myself growing up, I could understand Ellen and Debbie's excitement and problems over having the house to themselves for a few hours each weekday. This is a great book for young readers (age 5 - 8), particularly latchkey kids, who want to feel older and more independent, just like Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield do, even though it comes with added responsibility, as Ellen finds out.