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Summary
Flora and Ruby are beginning to adjust to Camden Falls, but they and their friends have problems and hope their friendship will give them the strength to work things out.
Author Notes
Ann Mathews Martin was born on August 12, 1955 in Princeton, New Jersey. She received a degree in elementary education and psychology from Smith College. She worked as a teacher, was an editor of children's books for both Bantam and Scholastic, and then became a full-time writer.
She is the author of several series including the Baby-sitters Club series, Baby-Sitters Little Sister series, California Diaries series, and Main Street series. Her other works include Ten Kids No Pets, Here Today, On Christmas Eve, and Rain Reign.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (2)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 4-6-The first book in this series hints at a great variety of events yet to come. When Flora and Ruby Northrup's parents die in an automobile accident, their grandmother moves them to her family home, a stately old row house in Camden Falls, MA. Soon the girls are caught up in helping Grandma at her shop, Needle and Thread; making friends; and finding their way in a new community. Although they have moments of sorrow as they think about their parents, they also have fun planning the annual barbeque and discovering letters and family photos in Min's attic. Each sister stands as an individual, and there is enough action to keep the plot moving along. The solid sense of place and the ability of the characters to overcome adversity continue in the second book. Summer is over and sixth-grader Flora and fourth-grader Ruby enter Camden Falls Elementary School. Ruby is all set to join the children's chorus and try out for a play, two ambitions that distract her from serious schoolwork. Flora finds herself missing her old school, but when her teacher tells her that she taught her mother, she begins to feel more comfortable. It is a special year for the town, which is celebrating its 350th birthday, and many of the activities at school focus on this event. Both books have an old-fashioned feel and some stock characters. They'll appeal to readers more interested in characters and values than true action and adventure.-Kathryn Kosiorek, formerly at Cuyahoga County Public Library, Brooklyn, OH (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
In Needle and Thread, the second book in the Main Street series, Flora and Ruby begin to feel more at home in Camden Falls. Ruby, with the lead in a school play, seems to be getting over her parents' death, though the holidays bring challenges for both girls and their grandmother as they try to forge a new life. Freed of some of the setup in the first book, this story delves more easily into the sisters' new lives, and although the girls never seem as grief stricken as one might expect, the novel does touch on the different ways children deal with loss. Readers drawn by the books' quiet details will be pleased that more titles in the series are on the way.--Cooper, Ilene Copyright 2007 Booklist
Excerpts
Excerpts
It's autumn in Camden Falls, and Flora and Ruby are just starting to settle into the town. It's not quite home yet...but it's getting there. Especially with so much going on!Flora is worried about spending the first Thanksgiving without their parents. Ruby is worried about getting a part in her school musical. And their new friends, Olivia and Nikki, are adjusting to big changes in their families. But the friendship that ties them together will also give them the strength to work things out--one stitch at a time. Excerpted from Main Street: Needle and Thread by Ann M. Martin All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.
