What a pleasant one hour read! It's 1925 and Ida Bidson, along with her fellow classmates (all 7 of them), have just learned that their teacher has to leave her post to tend her ailing mother. On top of that, Mr. Jordan the head of the school board, will not be retaining another teacher since the year is almost over. Ida and her friend Tom Kohl must finish the year in order to take the eighth grade end of year exam to qualify for high school.
Aahhh, what do you do when your dream to be a teacher faces an untimely end for the lack of one yourself? The Secret School is charmingly told, with characters that you can't help but like. It also, importantly, draws a contextual picture of the time that allows the reader to grasp what it was like to live in a small farming town at the time of the story.
Favorite Quotes:
"It's hard being patient," Ida replied, "if there's nothing to be patient for."
Tom telling Ida what his uncle told him: "Said, 'If you want to try something new, and you're not scared, means you're not really trying something new.' "
Tom's mother to Ida: " 'Not seen you for the age of the dog.' "
"Sure as aces."
Overall Opinion:
This would be a good read alone or read aloud book.
Rating:
I really liked it, and my eight year old son, really liked it too.
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