Main Street: Welcome to Camden Falls (Main Street, #1)

by Ann M. Martin

Other authorsDan Andreason (Illustrator)
Paperback, 2007

Status

Available

Call number

J3D.Mar

Publication

Scholastic Inc.

Pages

174

Description

Flora and Ruby move to Camden Falls with their grandmother, Min, after the death of their parents and meet Olivia and Nikki at the Needle & Thread, a Main Street sewing store run by their grandmother.

Collection

Barcode

3110

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

174 p.; 7.6 inches

ISBN

0439868793 / 9780439868792

Lexile

860L

User reviews

LibraryThing member roxykid64
This is the first book of Ann M. Martin's new series 'Main Street'.

Flora and Ruby are sent to their grandmother Min's house in Camden Falls, after their parents are killed in an accident. The sisters become friends with Olivia, who lives next door to them. Min and Olivia's grandmother,Gigi, own a
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sewing store called Needle and Thread.
The three girls also befriend Nikki, a girl whose family has a bad reputation because her father is an alchoholic.

Flora's interests include sewing, making cards, knitting and more. Flora is quiet, and would rather not draw too much attention to herself.
Ruby is the opposite, she loves to sing, dance and act.
Olivia is very smart- she skipped 2nd grade. She is also a very organised person.
Nikki is a great artist- she loves to draw pictures. Before Flora and Ruby moved to town, she had no friends.Also, her father prevented her from doing things that would draw attention to their family.

Welcome to Camden Falls is a great book, I really enjoyed reading about some of the adventures that were found in the first book of Main Stret.
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LibraryThing member jguidry
I almost gave up on this book after disk 1.  I'm glad I stuck it out because it ended up being a decent children's realistic fiction story.  This small town had a lot of stuff going on around it.  Ann M. Martin touched on quite a few issues without being too graphic or too preachy.  I think
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this series would appeal to a lot of young girls because they could see themselves somewhere in the book.  She even managed to catch my attention with a small cliffhanger at the end.  Flora found a picture of her mother with Scary Mary".  Darn you Ann M. Martin, what's the connection?!"
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LibraryThing member G_reccomends
The main street series is very fun. The only issue is the girls in the book can be a bit sassy and there is some friendship drama at the end of the series. 10 and up

Rating

½ (39 ratings; 3.9)

Awards

Triple Crown Awards (Nominee — 2009)

Call number

J3D.Mar
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