"Who is the new girl in the class?" asked Miriam Nesbit; flashing her black eyes from one schoolmate to another; as the girls assembled in the locker room of the Oakdale High School. "Her name is Pierson; that is all I know about her;" replied Nora O'Malley; gazing at her pretty Irish face in the looking glass with secret satisfaction. "She's very quiet and shy and looks as if she would weep aloud when her turn comes to recite; but I'm sure she's all right;" she added good naturedly. For Nora had a charming; sunny nature; and always saw the best if there was any best to see. "She is very bright;" broke in Grace Harlowe decisively. "She went through her Latin lesson without a mistake; which is certainly more than I could do." "Well; I don't like her;" pouted Miriam. "I never trust those quiet little things. And; besides; she is the worst-dressed girl in——"

Aunt Claire brings back the fast-paced stories of friendship, adventure, and life that American girls read for fun in the early 20th century. The attractive, collectible format features delightful new jackets that can be lifted to reveal the original 1910 cover art underneath. Illustrations.

In "Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School" the interest of the story was centered around the series of basketball games played by the sophomore and junior classes for the High School championship. In this volume was narrated the efforts of Miriam Nesbit, aided by Julia Crosby, the disagreeable junior captain, to discredit Anne, and force Grace to resign the captaincy of her team. The rescue of Julia by Grace from drowning during a skating party served to bring about a reconciliation between the two girls and clear Anne's name of the suspicion resting upon it. The two classes, formerly at sword's points, became friendly, and buried the hatchet, although Miriam Nesbit, still bitterly jealous of Grace's popularity, planned a revenge upon Grace that nearly resulted in making her miss playing on her team during the deciding game. Grace's encounter with an escaped lunatic, David Nesbit's trial flight in his aeroplane, were incidents that also held the undivided attention of the reader.

To the readers of "Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School," and "Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School," the girl chums have become familiar figures. It will be remembered how Grace Harlowe and her friends, Nora O'Malley and Jessica Bright, during their freshman year, became the firm friends of Anne Pierson, the brilliant young girl who won the freshman prize offered each year to the freshmen by Mrs. Gray. The reader will recall the repeated efforts of Miriam Nesbit, aided by Miss Leece, the algebra teacher, to disgrace Anne in the eyes of the faculty, and the way each attempt was frustrated by Grace Harlowe and her friends. Mrs. Gray's house party, the winter picnic in Upton Wood, and Anne Pierson's struggles to escape her unworthy father all contributed toward making the story stand out in the reader's mind.