Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site ism70.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!yale!ism70!cathleen From: cathleen@ism70.UUCP Newsgroups: net.books Subject: Re: Madeleine L'Engle Message-ID: <14900002@ism70.UUCP> Date: Sat, 10-Aug-85 18:32:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ism70.14900002 Posted: Sat Aug 10 18:32:00 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Aug-85 00:36:14 EDT References: <1705@reed.UUCP> Lines: 34 Nf-ID: #R:reed:-170500:ism70:14900002:000:1846 Nf-From: ism70!cathleen Aug 10 18:32:00 1985 The woman who wrote "Harriet the Spy," Louise Fitzhugh, has written two other books that I've read: "The Long Secret" and "Sport." Both these books are sort of sequels to "Harriet the Spy," in as far as they are the stories about some of Harriet's friends. "The Long Secret" was the first sequel to be published and it tells the story of Harriet and her friend Beth Ellen (remember, she's the quiet girl who was chauffeured around in a limousine) during a summer vacation at a quiet beach town called Water Mill. The town is plagued by a rash of disturbing anonymous notes being left all over town, and Harriet and Beth Ellen decide to find out who's writing them. "Sport," which was published after Ms. Fitzhugh's death, follows the adventures of Harriet's friend Sport (the one who takes care of his author father). Sport inherits a lot of money from his maternal grandfather and his crazy, greedy mother reappears on the scene trying to grab the money for herself. I just happened on "Sport" last year and was so thrilled to see it! I liked Sport from "Harriet the Spy" and wanted to find out more about what he was like. It would have been great to read more about Janie, too! The copyright for "Sport" was in 1979 "by Lois Morehead as Executrix for the Estate of Lousie Fitzhugh". My favorite of the three books is "Harriet the Spy," "Sport" comes in second. I read "The Long Secret" a couple of times, but never enjoyed it nearly as much as "Harriet the Spy" (which I've read zillions of times). I remember being in a club in grade school where each member ran around with a notebook and spied on people! One of the rules for joining was to have read "Harriet the Spy." Cathleen Hoche. INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation Santa Monica, California ihnp4!vortex!ism780!cathleen