Plain Girl

by Virginia Sorensen and Virginia Sorenson

Book Overview

An Amish girl, Esther feels like "one black bird against the sky" in her plain clothes. So when she's forced to attend public school she's terrified. She fears the new world she must enter, fears the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152047255
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 151 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.6" x 0.4" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful

This is a short book depicting a part of the life of an Amish girl. It is very well written and timeless as I read it when I was a little girl and it is still a good story.

Is Being Pretty Sinful?

Should Esther obey her Pennsylvania Dutch teachings and not pretty herself by trying on a schoolmate's beautiful dress? Her people believe in dressing plainly; to do differently would be wrong and sinful. This is an interesting, informative, and moving story about a ten-year-old girl who belongs to a religious minority group, the Amish. [The teacher might want to also read for her/his own additional knowledge: A History of the Amish by Steven M. Nolt.] A Non-Workbook, Non-Textbook Approach to Teaching Language Arts: Grades 4 Through 8 and Up

Is Being Pretty Sinful?

Should Esther obey her Pennsylvania Dutch teachings and not pretty herself by trying on a schoolmate's beautiful dress? Her people believe in dressing plainly; to do differently would be wrong and sinful. This is an interesting, informative, and moving story about a ten-year-old girl who belongs to a religious minority group, the Amish [ASIN:1587365219 Submitted by the author of A Non-Workbook, Non-Textbook Approach to Teaching Language Arts: Grades 4 Through 8 and Up]]

Plain Girl review

This book was really exiciting.Virginia Sorenson is brilliant

I hated this book in the beginning and now i love it

I am a student from Long Island.My teacher assinged the girls to read Plain Girl and the boys Jip.When i first started I hated this book and could not wait until it was over.Then all of a sudden the book got better.Maybe it was because Esther started school and was turning out to be just like her brother.I don't know.But I do know that this is a great book. I can't wait until they make a sequil or a movie out of this book.