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Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters | 
 enlarge | Author: Lesley M. M. Blume
Publisher: Yearling
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 41685
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 0440421101
EAN: 9780440421108
ASIN: 0440421101
Publication Date: January 8, 2008
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Product Description
Eleven-year-old Cornelia is the daughter of two world-famous pianists—a legacy that should feel fabulous, but instead feels just plain lonely. She surrounds herself with dictionaries and other books to isolate herself from the outside world. But when a glamorous neighbor named Virginia Somerset moves next door with her servant Patel and a mischievous French bulldog named Mister Kinyatta, Cornelia discovers that the world is a much more exciting place than she had originally thought.
An unforgettable story of friendship and adventure that takes readers around the world and back again, Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters is a dazzling first novel by Lesley M. M. Blume.
From the Hardcover edition.
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 A delightful book that I will read over and over August 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Strong plot and great characters. A delightful read that everyone should enjoy. Keep up the good work Miss Blume.
AWESOME BOOK March 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was great!I loved how the ending happened and how the characters changed in the book. It's a great book that tells you things about different countries and how they were in the old times, you learn these in the stories one character tells in the book that are very adventurous.
 Take a Trip Back in Time with Cornelia February 9, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I originally bought this book for my 10 year old grandaughter, but decided to read it myself first. It was a fun history lesson back to the past with a very smart, young girl named Cornelia. She meets an older women, who tells her of the escapades of her youth, with her 3 sisters. The Somerset sisters travelled all around the world in their teens, so it was back in the 1950s and early 60s. You can really feel the flavor of all those countries, because the author writes about the music, food, fashion and historic places in each. The best part is that Cornelia loves to use complex words that are not heard in everyday English, so the child will learn some pretty amazing words, as they delve into this adventure. I enjoyed it thoroughly, and so will my grandaughter.
Captivating December 2, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a 10 year old girl of Indian descent, I travel to India yearly. I like this book because it shows India from the viewpoint of 4 sisters. I highly recommend this book for many reasons. One of the main reasons is because it shows that making friends can be hard but you get there in the end. It's a great book that keeps on giving. I have read it 5 times over the past 6 months. I hope to be able to write a book like this one day.
 not so impressed August 10, 2007
3 out of 11 found this review helpful
Was nobody bothered by this book? The story of a girl who is overshadowed by her famous mother but finds her own through the friendship of an older woman is fine. But I think L. Blume misses some fact-like things and has ages wrong and oh, I don't like the use of big words with definitions in the text. The "girls" (friend Virginia tells stories of her youth and she and sisters are "girls") start off in 1949 ages 20, 22 and 21. And by 2005 only one is alive? That just rings untrue; I think an educated family would likely have more members living past 80. But I could give on that. It's just that there are many things which seem off, like that. The past which is described often seems to be further back than cerca 1950, for instance.
Well. I found it annoying. Read it through, to see where this "girl comes to her own" set today in NYC would go, but I wasn't impressed.
And when L. Blume wrote, in the acknowledgements, "may our triumvirate set a new standard in the world of neoclassical middle-grade fiction" I sincerely hoped not. Not to mention - what conceit!
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