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The Secret Language
The Secret Language | Ursula Nordstrom
6 posts | 6 read | 6 to read
Eight-year-old Vicky goes to live at a boarding school where she is miserable until she gets to know Martha, a different girl with a secret language.
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willaful
The Secret Language | Ursula Nordstrom
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I loved loved loved boarding school books, and this was the best, full of memorable situations and details. The Ice Cream cone costumes! The bunk beds! I can't be too sorry Nordstrom didn't write anything else, since she edited so many classic children's books.

Other fun books: Little Men, Witch Week, Apples Every Day (more YA), A Little Princess.

rubyslippersreads It‘s leebossa. 😄 3mo
willaful @rubyslippersreads leeleeleeleeLEEbossa! 3mo
Karisimo Sounds great! Thanks for sharing! 3mo
LeahBergen One of my absolute, most FAVOURITE books! ❤️ 3mo
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Geekubed
The Secret Language | Ursula Nordstrom
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Going through old boxed is a trip down memory lane. I loved this book as a kid! It made a huge impression on me and what friendships look like. I was super into secret languages and club houses with hidden places.

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AvidReader25
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Two of my favorites from when I was little no longer even have their covers because I read them so often (The Secret Language and Freddy the Detective). #welllovedreads #riotgrams

LeahBergen Haha!! I just posted this one, too. ❤️ 7y
Beckys_Books They look well cherished! 7y
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LeahBergen
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#WellLovedReads

Just like @Liberty , I was always really careful with my books (and even made library cards for all of them). I apparently only let one trusted "library" user sign out my books. See above. ?

#RiotGrams

AvidReader25 I just posted about the same book! 7y
saresmoore This makes my heart so happy! 7y
smilingshelves I did this, too! 7y
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mabell That is too cute! Apparently this book was a favorite with that reader 😉 7y
Nat_Reads ADORABLE 7y
CherylDeFranceschi So adorable! 7y
RealLifeReading Love this!! 7y
LauraBrook Super cute! Good thing that Leah girl was trustworthy! 😉 7y
Lcsmcat I did that too! 7y
Blaire I also did that - was forever making libraries and book stores. 7y
mcctrish My youngest made us all library cards and invited us into his room regularly to pick out new books to borrow. 7y
quietjenn I have a few books with library slips I made, too! 7y
MamaGina Me Too, I loved playing "library" when I was a kid!? 7y
batsy I love this 💜 I used to do the same! I'd make up names to fill the card coz apparently other people aren't into reading as we are 😑 7y
L_auren Amazing!! 7y
Bklover Omg I love this- I loved playing library. I wanted a date stamper in the worst way!!! 7y
Hobbinol That's truly adorable! 7y
LeahBergen @mabell It was! 😄 7y
LeahBergen @LauraBrook Yes, she was! 😄 7y
LeahBergen @Lcsmcat Haha! 😄 7y
LeahBergen @Blaire Yay! 😄 7y
LeahBergen @mcctrish So cute! 7y
LeahBergen @quietjenn It's hilarious to find them, isn't it? 😄 7y
LeahBergen @MamaGina It was the best! 7y
LeahBergen @batsy At least you made up names; it was just my sad self signing out my books! 😂 7y
LeahBergen @Bklover I think my brother bought this date stamper for me. 😂 7y
LeahBergen @Hobbinol 😘😘 7y
batsy @LeahBergen That's adorable! My solution was a little more disturbing 😁 7y
Simona So, so heart-warming❣️❣️❣️ 7y
britt_brooke 💚💚💚 7y
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rubyslippersreads
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My #setinaschool pick can also double as my #FunFridayPhoto. 😄 #booktober #middlegrade

LeahBergen Yes yes yes. One of my all time favourites. Are you dressing up as an ice cream cone this year? 😉 8y
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rubyslippersreads
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Most of my books are #usedbooks #rescuebooks , but I also "rescued" this vintage photo of an unknown book lover from an antique store. I don't know who this little girl is, but I thought she'd be happy in a houseful of books. ??❤️ #augustphotochallenge #augustofpages #day18

DebinHawaii Love it! Such a great photo! ❤️ 8y
Suzze That looks so much like my mother! 💜💜 8y
CherylDeFranceschi Awesome! 8y
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LeahBergen LOVE The Secret Language ❤️ And I totally would have rescued that photo, too. It's amazing. 8y
rubyslippersreads @suzze @LeahBergen I suppose I'll never know who she is, but when guests ask if it's a picture of a relative, I like to say she's my Aunt Emily of New Moon. 😊 8y
LeahBergen She TOTALLY looks like she could be Emily of New Moon! 8y
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