I am searching for a book I read as a young elementary school student in the late 60s but the target audience was a little older, perhaps middle school girls.\u00a0 I think the book would have been published somewhere between the mid 50s and early 60s. Even in 1969\/1970 it felt slightly dated.<\/p>\n
Here are some facts I remember:<\/p>\n
1) The protagonist was a young (13-15) teen girl and the book may have been part of a series (of either books or movies-not Giget.) Or maybe not.<\/p>\n
2) The setting was very much all-American, white picket fences.<\/p>\n
3) Our heroine was very excited to be invited to the out of town wedding of her older male cousin.<\/p>\n
4) Although I can’t remember the name of the protagonist or her family, the bride’s name was Joan. At one point she shows her mother a picture of a bride in a magazine and asks “Do you think Joan will wear a dress like that?” To which Mom replies non-committally “Perhaps.”<\/p>\n
5) Much of the book is about the struggle to find an appropriate dress for our heroine to wear to the wedding.<\/p>\n
6) The perfect dress is actually found at a thrift store or among clothes that the mother is collecting for a charity drive, a seamstress makes some adjustments, and she loves it.<\/p>\n
7) At the pre-wedding festivities the protagonist becomes friends with a similarly aged girl who I think is the bride’s sister\/cousin and who is a junior bridesmaid in the wedding.<\/p>\n
8) Unfortunately, they forget to pack the perfect dress. Much sadness ensues.<\/p>\n
9) The junior bridesmaid becomes sick and our heroine is called upon to fill in.<\/p>\n
10) The bridesmaid’s dress is green velvet with a little velvet toque.<\/p>\n
And that’s it, that’s all I’ve got.\u00a0 I borrowed the book over and over from the library, but the dust cover was missing so I don’t even know what it looked like.\u00a0 Even though it doesn’t sound like much, I loved it and would like to read it again.\u00a0 Thanks for any help you can provide!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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