The Best of Enemies

by Nancy Bond

Book Overview

Anticipating a lonely spring vacation because her parents and grown brothers and sister are preoccupied with their own pursuits, Charlotte becomes involved in their town's annual Patriots' Day... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689501080
• ISBN13: 9780689501081
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: Atheneum Books
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8

Customer Reviews

Fun to Read

I was browsing the shelves at the library, when this caught my eye. I picked it up and took it home. I forgot about it for awhile but then remembered it. I started reading it and I couldn't get into it. I challenged myself to keep reading. I realized that I really liked it. The main character, Charlotte, doesn't have many friends. There is this weird kid named Oliver in her class. One day she notices something suspicious about him. She also sees these guys in red coats. Charlotte has to know what's going on between Oliver and the guys in red coats.

A wonderfully written book that pulls you in

When I got this book at the library, I was getting ready for a boring book. Even though I had already read two of Nancy Bond's books (which I loved), I didn't think that this would be as interesting a book. I was totally wrong. Right away I got pulled into the main character's (Charlotte) life and a certain mood came over me. First of all, I am very much like Charlotte and I feel for her. But this book also is adventuresome - even though they stay in one town - and the friendships that gradually occur are remarkably written. Also, the setting is perfect - a small tourist town in Massachusats. I urge everyone to go to their library to find this book. Most of you won't regret it! If you end up liking this book, there are more with the same characters (I've read one of the sequels so far).