Thursday's Child

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Thursday’s Child – Noel Streatfeild

Sequel: Far to Go – Noel Streatfeild

 Whoever she was, Margaret made herself the arch enemy of the cruel matron.  Soon things reached such a dreadful date that she decided to run away from St. Luke’s, but not without Peter and Horatio, and her three of everything.  So the children fled in the night to become the unlikeliest leggers ever seen on a canal boat.  And Margaret proved that she was a person of the very best quality.

 

I was introduced to this book back in grade five when my class teacher decided our class would read this book as our first novel study of the year.  I fell in love with Thursday’s Child and ever since then it has remained one of my all time favourite books.  Margaret isn’t the most likeable character but I like characters like that.  She’s headstrong but not in a naughty way like Enid Blyton characters tend to be.  This book is not for everybody, as I recall I was probably the only person who enjoyed this book and actually enjoyed doing the worksheets and assignment that followed.  A lot of my classmates had trouble following the story but I still believe that it’s a great book for the nine to twelve age group.