Harriet the Spy

I really enjoyed this book. I was looking for something very light that I didn't need to think about to hard and this is exactly what I needed. It dove deep into bullying that can start in middle school, but turns out good. Harriet is learning that she can't always count on Ole Golly to be there and that she is going to have to start growing up and figuring out the kind of woman she intends to be.

I did not enjoy that Harriet was forced to just move on from her nurse, Ole Golly, because that is a connection that she has obviously had for a very long time. I think the transition could of been a little better for Harriet to deal with.

When the kids found her notebook I was so angry that he friends were getting angry at what was written because they knew she was a spy and was constantly writing in her notebook. It wasn't something completely avoidable for them. Unfortunately the kids took what she wrote and tried to make it mean more than it did to Harriet, it was just notes about the neighborhood and the people she interacted with.

I hope to read this to my son one day so he will know that sometimes kids are mean. I want him to know if he is being the mean one or if someone else is and to stop it from happening.