Book description
'I mean to do something grand. I don't know what, yet; but when I'm
grown up I shall find out'
Katy Carr is the longest girl that was ever seen. She is all legs
and elbows, and angles and joints. She tears her dress every day,
hates sewing and doesn't care a button about being called 'good'. Her
head is full of schemes and one day she plans to do something
important. But a great deal is to happen to Katy before that time comes...
BACKSTORY: Learn some splendiferous vocabulary and find out which
character you most resemble.
Susan Coolidge was born in 1835 in Ohio, USA. She worked as a nurse
during the American Civil War, after which she started to write. She
based her best known Carr family from
What Katy Did
on her own siblings. She also wrote
What Katy Did at School, What
Katy Did Next, Clover
and
In the High Valley.
