SuitabookFootprints on the sand
Ella Williams Porter
- Reading
- Try a few chapters together, then let your reader decide whether to continue independently; this can help gauge the book’s style, which is not described in detail.
- Themes
- Belonging and social standing: Marya, a scholarship camper from an orphanage, feels like a misfit and encounters hostility from an established camper. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Home and family hopes: Marya dreams of a real home for herself and her little brother; her musical achievement is linked to this dream. The hope of a home gives Marya’s musical achievement personal significance, though the story’s treatment of that hope is not established.
- Music and achievement: Marya achieves something in music during the camp story. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Marya faces hostility from a snobbish established camper, and the story includes a dramatic rescue. The nature and detail of the rescue are not clear.