skittles0313 's review for:

A Little Bush Maid by Mary Grant Bruce

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ohhhhh my GOODNESS i wouldve loved this to pieces when i was 10 this wouldve easily eclipsed literally every other dime novel i read at the time. a GIRL! riding wild by herself!! with boys who unabashedly adore her and don't actively look down on her! this wouldve been a DREAM to horse-obsessed little me who was utterly disgusted by the Lack of Girls in dime novels (not counting the actual girls series). but as it is i am 18 now (and i RIDE horses. what) and this was actually. pretty good i mean - i like this author. as dime novel-y as this is, it has a nice/fun tone i enjoyed and i like Norah and Jim and the friends and of course the normal dime novel things happened - adventure! mysterious person! mystery! mixups! a sudden plot twist that slots everything in PERFECTLY! redemption! reunion!!! it was not nearly as cheesy as every other american dime novel ive read soemhow even though it was like Woagh ok WHAT! well then i guess that's a thing. cool.
australian racism is Fascinating. hm. i wiiillll not say that much because i am unqualified to at all i know zilch about australian history but hoo boy. well!... awkward.
mildly intruiged by the circus scene what was ms bruce getting at i feel like im missing half of it. she's definitely more on the Leave Animals Alone side but what,

anyway i am going to go read as much of this series as i can locate online. good luck to me. also an australian told me this is Classic Australian Kid Lit cool i guess i am being educated in the ways of australia now. i have much more productive things to be doing. billabong is such a funny name