Harry on Vacation - Softcover

Grade 3-5-- Sara Jane tells how she and her alien cat, Harry, travel through England on vacation with her family. She and her older siblings are unhappy about the trip, and argue the whole time. Ben and Lucy are constantly playing tricks on the younger Sara Jane and Harry, but the joke's on the two older children when they are all transported to the time of Merlin and participate in a joust. The story is silly, with little character development and not much more plot than the sibling rivalry and looking at ruins. Harry is a fun cat, however, who likes to bring up the places and times he has seen in his previous visits to the world. Children might enjoy the story, especially if they have been forced to go on family trips, but Elisabet McHugh's Wiggie Wins the West (Dell, 1991) is more fun and has more fully realized characters. --Margaret C. Howell, West Springfield Elementary School, VA
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