Going on Sixteen

by Betty Cavanna

Book Overview

Sixteen-year-old Julie dreams of becoming an artist. But that dream seems far away to a motherless girl, shy at school and lonely at home. When Julie is entrusted with the care of a prize collie, the love and pride she experiences leads to a new source of confidence in herself. Betty Cavanna's timeless classic tells the heartwarming story of a dreamer who dares to make her dreams come true.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B001O7OPJA
• ISBN13: 9780688058920
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

An excellent coming of age book for young women.

This has been a very special favorite book of mine for over 25 years. Betty Cavanna writes with wonderful caring and sensitivity of a young girl's struggles with the absence of her mother (died), her red hair and freckles, and a remote father at the critical time of turning 16. And then there is the collie - a runt turned unexpected champion through loving care! It's a book I have passed on to cousins and neices for years. I hope you will love it as much as I do.

A collie book for the Ages!

Anyone who loves collies NEEDS to read this book. IT IS THE BEST!