Daddy Long Legs

This was surprisingly fresh and modern, considering it was published in 1912! It was delightful seeing the world through Judy's eyes, and she often made me laugh out loud. Her musings are also chock full of quotable lines.

I didn't love the ending - there's definitely a problematic element from a modern point of view - but I can take it in the context of the time & place. Still, I prefer my headcanon, where Daddy Long Legs is actually a fictional person made up by a time-traveling future Judy, who has to do some Back to the Future-style manipulation to wind up as an educated, working author who's married to the love of her life.