"Walter and the Wireless" by Sara Ware Bassett is a story set in the early 1900s following a fifteen-year-old boy named Walter King, also known as “His Highness”, who gets a job caring for some very special dogs at a fancy summer home. Expect to see themes about growing up, including making friends, learning to be responsible, and figuring out how to be a kid while also dealing with what adults expect. The beginning introduces Walter at home, showing how funny and close he is with his mom. He’s excited but also a little worried about his new job and the big task of taking care of those important dogs. The book quickly shows Walter’s world, mixing his humor with bigger ideas of family duty and the stress of his new job, setting the scene for a journey where he'll grow up and have adventures as he leaves home.
Walter and the Wireless
By Sara Ware Bassett
A playful young man must balance newfound responsibility and independence while caring for prized dogs at a grand summer estate.
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Sara Ware Bassett was an American writer of fiction and nonfiction. Her novels primarily deal with New England characters, and most of them are set in two fictional Cape Cod villages she created, Belleport and Wilton. Her first novel, Mrs. Christy's Bridge Party, was published in 1907. She subsequently wrote more than 40 additional novels, continuing to write and publish into the late 1950s. Many of her novels focus on love stories and humorously eccentric characters. A number of her works are available as free e-books. Two of her novels, The Taming of Zenas Henry (1915) and The Harbor Road (1919), were adapted as the motion pictures Captain Hurricane (1935) and Danger Ahead (1921).
Sara Ware Bassett was an American writer of fiction and nonfiction. Her novels primarily deal with New England characters, and most of them are set in two fictional Cape Cod villages she created, Belleport and Wilton. Her first novel, Mrs. Christy's Bridge Party, was published in 1907. She subsequently wrote more than 40 additional novels, continuing to write and publish into the late 1950s. Many of her novels focus on love stories and humorously eccentric characters. A number of her works are available as free e-books. Two of her novels, The Taming of Zenas Henry (1915) and The Harbor Road (1919), were adapted as the motion pictures Captain Hurricane (1935) and Danger Ahead (1921).
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