The Secret Language

By Ursula Nordstrom

Book Overview

At first, Victoria North is miserable at the Coburn Home School. Her housemother is very strict, she's terribly homesick and the other girls don't seem to have any time for a shy new girl. Then Vicky... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064400220
• ISBN13: 9780064400220
• Release Date: September 1972
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 5

Customer Reviews

I loved this book!

I cannot remember how many times I checked this book out at the school and public library when I was a girl! I loved the story of Victoria and Martha's friendship and their adventures at the boarding school I think some books just strike a chord in people and this one really did for me. I am thrilled to see that this book is still being published and look forward to buying it for my daughter.

Great childhood book

I read this book again as an adult after havng read it a million times as a child. It still holds the same magic, memories and sweet message. A great book for those times when you wish to go back to that special place in your heart reserved for childhood memories.

Excellent Book for youth ages

This book is great for children! I read it to my 3rd grade class and they loved it. They talked about it for weeks. I recommend children to read this and for teachers to read it to their class!

Probably the most read book of my childhood--it's in pieces!

I recently decided to order myself a new copy of my threadbare favorite from my childhood. As a teacher of college literature, I have read so much, yet I consistently return to this simple favorite; such a dear story of friendship and fitting in. It is a pure gem for all ages.

There are some books you never forget.

Sometimes you read a book when you are 8 (or 10) that never ever leaves you. You feel the characters understand you better than your best friend. You wish you could sit by the side of the pond they built, dress up as ice-cream cones and invent a secret language. I still have my copy of this book (a good 20 years later) and I reread it whenever I feel homesick for being 8 (or 10). As the title suggests, there is a secret language. A lonely homesick girl at bording school invented it... and I still remember it. This book is Lee-lee-lee-leebossa. If you have an 8 or 10 year old girl in your life (or ever were one), get a copy of this book. It will make you wish you could sit in the sun-dappled shade by a pond to finish reading it.