I don't know what to say. It was included in Shelf Discovery as one of the teen classics we never stopped reading, and maybe if I'd read it as a teen it would have been one. But while Harriet The Spy still tingles my memory as something I'd like to read again, some day, this one doesn't.
It's still worth reading--especially if you're a teen. But oddly enough, not if you're a Harriet The Spy fan. If you really wanted to see Harriet back, you'll be disappointed. What you see is a dim shadow of herself. She's a flat character--a stereotype for Beth Ellen to act against.
It's good seeing Beth Ellen come into her own personality, but why did it have to be at the expense of Harriet?
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