Dot for Short

This was my favorite book as a child, but I never owned it. A wonderful friend, who will remain unnamed (but she knows!!) bought it for me as an adult. When I read it again after all those years, I can honestly say this book "holds up" beautifully. :) Dot is growing up in New York in the 1950's. She worries about many things, like her height, the boy she likes, will she ever be pretty like her sister, speaking at school....but one day she finds out a secret that gives her legitimate cause for great concern. How this plays out in this sweet book, is worth your time to read. Because the climax of the book takes place at Thanksgiving, this is now my "holiday" book.

I just LOVE the title!!!Dorothea Ann Fleming, better know as "Dot" for short is the third child in the Fleming family. She has two beautiful older sisters: Fluff and Peg, of whom she is really envious, and a younger brother. Her family, including her grandma, live in a 3rd avenue apartment.Dot can't wait to grow up, and often wishes she was more like her sisters, but when she gets the chance to be in the spotlight, she is not at all sure she wants to be a star, and after she finds out a secret she finally understands that growing up is not at all about height and nicknames, but about loving and helping the people she loves...