Vivian Untangled

by Sarah Hartt-Snowbell

New Year's 1955 is coming up fast, and eleven-year-old Vivian is determined to buy a snazzy new diary. The diary is soon put to good use, as Vivian must untangle the web of problems in her life, including a stolen keepsake of her grandfathers and her constantly arguing parents.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1894917251
• ISBN13: 9781894917254
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Napoleon and Co
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

A 136 page children's novel that is genuine and pulls no punches

Sarah Hartt-Snowbell's Vivian Untangled is a 136 page children's novel that is genuine and pulls no punches. Holding interest from start to finish, Vivian Untangled deals with the dilemma of a young Jewish-Canadian girl of the mid fifties who tries to face up to her mistakes and reflect the love of her grandfather back to him in a troubled time. Vivian makes mistakes, but she has spunk. She takes the bad with the good and tries her best to make something of her life. Although she may seem like a troublesome meddler to some, Vivian is a flawed heroine with whom young readers can identify. As her grandfather proudly tells her in the end, when she has done her best to create a solution to her crime of theft from her grandfather,"My precious Vivian, you're ready for life (p. 127)!"