Main Street Bk. 2: Needle and Thread
by Ann M. Martin
by Ann M. Martin
NEEDLE AND THREAD by Ann M. Martin
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 6+
Release Date: 8/1/07
Publisher: Scholastic
Reviewed by: Marta Morrison
Rating: 5 Stars
I read my first MAIN STREET title in the fall of last year and was delighted with it. I have since recommended it to
many of my students. I just finished NEEDLE AND THREAD, the second of the series, and fell in love with it all over
again.
Flora and Ruby are two sisters who have come to live with their grandmother after their parents died in a car accident.
Grandmother owns a sewing shop, which Flora loves. This story picks up a few days after the first one ends.
The four girls: Flora, Ruby, Olivia (Flora's best friend who lives next door), and Nikki (the girl from the wrong side of
the tracks), head off for school. They love their teachers and Ruby becomes very involved with Camden Falls by joining
the community kids chorus, taking dance lessons, and getting the lead in the school play. Flora doesn't feel as
connected, as she seems to miss her old life a little more than her sister.
I loved the way the Grandmother would swear by using phrases that I have used such as "All my stars!" The story also
includes many serious subjects that children of today have to face. The chapters about Nikki's family made me sad but
also glad that they weren't written with a heavy hand.
I so like these books that I intend to have all of them for my 5th-grade classroom and encourage all the girls to read
them. Thank you, Ms. Martin, for creating a series which speaks to the children of today.
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 6+
Release Date: 8/1/07
Publisher: Scholastic
Reviewed by: Marta Morrison
Rating: 5 Stars
I read my first MAIN STREET title in the fall of last year and was delighted with it. I have since recommended it to
many of my students. I just finished NEEDLE AND THREAD, the second of the series, and fell in love with it all over
again.
Flora and Ruby are two sisters who have come to live with their grandmother after their parents died in a car accident.
Grandmother owns a sewing shop, which Flora loves. This story picks up a few days after the first one ends.
The four girls: Flora, Ruby, Olivia (Flora's best friend who lives next door), and Nikki (the girl from the wrong side of
the tracks), head off for school. They love their teachers and Ruby becomes very involved with Camden Falls by joining
the community kids chorus, taking dance lessons, and getting the lead in the school play. Flora doesn't feel as
connected, as she seems to miss her old life a little more than her sister.
I loved the way the Grandmother would swear by using phrases that I have used such as "All my stars!" The story also
includes many serious subjects that children of today have to face. The chapters about Nikki's family made me sad but
also glad that they weren't written with a heavy hand.
I so like these books that I intend to have all of them for my 5th-grade classroom and encourage all the girls to read
them. Thank you, Ms. Martin, for creating a series which speaks to the children of today.