Ready or Not
By Mary Stolz
1953
First Published
3.80
Average Rating
224
Number of Pages
Brilliantly and sympathetically written, this is the sometimes happy, many times troubled story of Morgan Connor and something of the story of her gentle and kind but incapable father and of young Ned and Julie. It is the story of the transition from adolescence to adulthood, of the period in every life when the adult is being born in the child and a new voice affirms itself. Ready or Not .
Avg Rating
3.80
Number of Ratings
46
5 STARS
30%
4 STARS
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3 STARS
33%
2 STARS
2%
1 STARS
4%
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Author
Mary Stolz
Author · 30 books
Mary Stolz was a noted author for children and adolescents whose novels earned critical praise for the seriousness with which they took the problems of young people. Two of her books ''Belling the Tiger'' (1961) and ''The Noonday Friends'' (1965), were named Newbery Honor books by the ALA but it was her novels for young adults that combined romance with realistic situations that won devotion from her fans. Young men often created more problems and did not always provide happy ever after endings. Her heroines had to cope with complex situations and learn how to take action whether it was working as nurses (The Organdy Cupcakes), living in a housing project (Ready or Not), or escaping from being a social misfit by working for the summer as a waitress (The Sea Gulls Woke Me).
