A gem for upper elementary students! Beautifully written and filled with rich vocabulary, adventure, and strong themes of friendship and love that you won’t soon forget! Cornelia and all the characters in the pages of this book come to life. The first chapter starts off slowly, but then… you won’t want it to end! A once lonely girl finds a special friend who changes her life forever. So touching… an absolutely delightful read! 264 pgs, pb. ~Nancie
Eleven-year-old Cornelia is the daughter of two world-famous pianists—a legacy that should feel fabulous, but instead feels just plain lonely. She surrounds herself with dictionaries and other books to isolate herself from the outside world. But when a glamorous neighbor named Virginia Somerset moves next door with her servant Patel and a mischievous French bulldog named Mister Kinyatta, Cornelia discovers that the world is a much more exciting place than she had originally thought.
An unforgettable story of friendship and adventure that takes readers around the world and back again, Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters is a dazzling first novel by Lesley M. M. Blume.
