Mary Louise - L. Frank Baum

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Résumé :
Young Mary Louise is very honest and intelligent beyond her years. This occasionally caused her to disagree with her schoolmates, but she is mature enough to not be concerned by their views most of the time. Mary Louise shared a home with her mother and her grandfather, who she cherished. She is surprised one day when her grandfather sits her down and informs her that he and her mother must leave her for a time after having an unpleasant interaction with a man on their stroll. He arranges for her to board at the school, then leaves in the middle of the night with his daughter. When Mary Louise learns that her grandpa is eluding the authorities, she is first unhappy and then shocked. When the other students at the school learn about Mary Louise's position, they start to harass and tease her nonstop. Mary Louise ultimately escapes and meets a friend of her grandfather, but she also learns that the police are also after her. Mary Louise's new life with the Contents and her friend Irene starts to attract several enigmatic personalities, and it's only a matter of time before she realizes that their meeting is no accident. Mary Louise is eventually able to solve the enigma surrounding her family with Irene's assistance.

Biographie:
Lyman Frank Baum, known popularly as L. Frank Baum, was an American children's author best known for his Land of Oz series. Born in 1856 in New York, Baum worked variously as a playwright and actor, businessman, and newspaper journalist before finding his greatest success in his forties when he began writing children's stories. Baum's first book for children was 1897's Mother Goose in Prose, a collection of stories based on Mother Goose nursery rhymes. His most famous and enduring work, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was published in 1900. In his lifetime, Baum authored more than 50 novels and over 80 short stories, many under pseudonyms such as Floyd Akers, Laura Bancroft, Edith Van Dyne, and Schuyler Staunton. Baum died at the age of 62 on May 6, 1919, following a stroke, in Hollywood, California. Glinda of Oz, the fourteenth and final book he wrote for the Oz series, was published a year later, in July of 1920....

Sommaire:
Young Mary Louise is very honest and intelligent beyond her years. This occasionally caused her to disagree with her schoolmates, but she is mature enough to not be concerned by their views most of the time. Mary Louise shared a home with her mother and her grandfather, who she cherished. She is surprised one day when her grandfather sits her down and informs her that he and her mother must leave her for a time after having an unpleasant interaction with a man on their stroll. He arranges for her to board at the school, then leaves in the middle of the night with his daughter. When Mary Louise learns that her grandpa is eluding the authorities, she is first unhappy and then shocked. When the other students at the school learn about Mary Louise's position, they start to harass and tease her nonstop. Mary Louise ultimately escapes and meets a friend of her grandfather, but she also learns that the police are also after her. Mary Louise's new life with the Contents and her friend Irene starts to attract several enigmatic personalities, and it's only a matter of time before she realizes that their meeting is no accident. Mary Louise is eventually able to solve the enigma surrounding her family with Irene's assistance....