| YA request |
[May. 13th, 2008|07:30 pm] |
I just heard about this community in [Unknown LJ tag] which was serendipitous, because I had just given up on finding this book.
I probably read it in the mid-late 80s - I can't really remember and that's no guarantee it was published in the mid-late 80s. I'm quite sure it was set in the U.S. It was a book for pre-teens or so about a girl who is a Quaker, although her religion isn't really the main topic of the book. Two incidents I remember from the book: the main character makes a new friend, who takes her to a store to try on sexy underwear - the main character tried on a merrywidow. I specifically remember it was a merrywidow because I had no idea what that was and had to look it up. Also, the main character enters a best pet contest or something of that sort. Someone wins a prize for "most original pet" after entering an empty jar labeled "germs." Some boys contest the award claiming that if you can't see it or touch it, there's no proof it's there. The school minister (or whatever they're called in Quaker schools) gets very upset as that's an argument against the existence of God.
Oh, one more thing I just remembered - when the main character tells someone she's a Quaker, she's asked if those are the people who roll around in church. She replied that she had never seen anyone rolling around in meeting.
Thanks in advance if anybody has any idea what book this is. I'm mainly trying to locate it because of the main character's religion, as I don't recall every reading any other modern fiction with a Quaker in it. And I think it was my first exposure to that faith. |
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