Author: Coolidge, Susan (Keywords)

Gangly, quick-tempered Katy always means to be beautiful and good but meanwhile her resolutions somehow get forgotten or go badly wrong. Until, one terrible day, the swing breaks.

Katy, a 12-year-old gangly tomboy, dreams of blossoming into a sophisticated young woman, capable of grand deeds and adventures. She is however prone to mischief, and leads her six siblings into various scrapes, much to the annoyance of her kindly father and domineering aunt. Her life is turned u...

Katy is offered the chance of a lifetime when Mrs Ashe invites her to leave their home town of Burnet in America and travel with her and little Amy to Europe.