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The Wide, Wide World

By Susan Warner

(3.5 stars) • 10 reviews

A young girl must find strength and faith as she confronts the possibility of losing her mother and the only life she has ever known.

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2006-06-26
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Summary

"The Wide, Wide World" by Susan Warner is a story from long ago about a girl named Ellen Montgomery whose life changes when her mother gets sick. Ellen has to be strong and learn to deal with big feelings as she might have to say goodbye to her mother. At first, Ellen and her mom are trying to stay positive even though they learn they will have to make changes in their lives because of a lawsuit that they lost. Ellen shows how caring she is by helping her mother, and the story shows that even when things are hard, Ellen is learning to be brave and find her own way.

About the Author

Susan Bogert Warner was an American Presbyterian writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works. She is best remembered for her massive bestseller The Wide, Wide World. Her other works include Queechy, The Hills of the Shatemuc, Melbourne House, Daisy, Walks from Eden, House of Israel, What She Could, Opportunities, and House in Town. Warner and her sister, Anna, wrote a series of semi-religious novels that had extraordinary sales, including Say and Seal, Christmas Stocking, Books of Blessing, and The Law and the Testimony.

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