They never feel definite either, edged with more questions than answers, and that's another credit to Webb. Lottie's slow political awakening, and the parallels to A Little Princess, never feel forced. Where Webb shines is in how accessible and genuine she make all this feel. Not much of children's literature does (oof, there's a sweeping statement forgive me, we'll explore this more at a later date.!). I don't know about you but (spoilers!) when Sara left, I left as well. It's an interesting angle to take what with Lottie being, to be fair, a bit of a moppett in the original books and locating the subsequent story within the confines of the school. I say 'of sorts' because this is both a sequel and yet also a sort of spin-off, taking the character of Lottie and exploring the circumstances that bought her to Miss Minchin's Seminary. Webb turned towards the rich grounds of The Secret Garden with the sequel: Return To The Secret Garden and in The Princess And The Suffragette delivers a sequel, of sorts, to Sara Crewe, Or What Happened At Miss Minchin's (also known as A Little Princess). She's not alone in this of course, Jacqueline Wilson delivered the delightful Four Children And It, whilst Kate Saunders wrote the powerful Five Children On The Western Front. I've been really interested in Webb's recent turn towards some of the classics of children's literature.
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