Louise Fitzhugh Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

Harriet is impressed to learn that the girl she has befriended, now called Annie Smith, is the person who not only created three names–Rosarita Sauvage, Yolanda Montezuma, and Zoe Carpaccio–but also three distinct personalities to match. This girl has potential. Being a spy has always been rather solitary, so Harriet is glad to have a new friend and spy partner. But then Harriet realizes that Annie reveals very little about herself, and indeed, is not telling the truth about where she goes and who she meets on the weekend. Sport says he’s in love with the girl, but Annie lets drop she’s in love with an older man. Harriet can’t understand anything at all about this thing called love–even when she asks Ole Golly for advice, she still wonders. But as Harriet unravels Annie’s mystery, she comes to appreciate the many different kinds of love there are.

Harriet ist fest entschlossen, Schriftstellerin zu werden. Da hierfür genaues Recherchieren und Beobachten zählt, führt sie Buch über alles, was ihr auffällt. Als sie eines Tages ihr letztes Notizheft verliert und ihre Klassenkameraden es finden, sind diese entsetzt über die fast ausschließlich garstigen, wenn auch zutreffenden Bemerkungen. Der Hass der ganzen Klasse trifft Harriet, und guter Rat ist teuer. Doch durch das Verständnis und die Unterstützung ihrer Eltern und der Lehrerin findet Harriet aus diesem Dilemma heraus.

Harriet, undici anni, ha già deciso: da grande farà la scrittrice e, per raccogliere il materiale necessario alla sua futura attività, “spia” con astuzia e costanza le persone che la circondano, annotando ogni cosa sul suo taccuino. I suoi genitori, sempre troppo distratti per darle retta, non sanno nulla di questo singolare passatempo, che procura ad Harriet un divertimento inesauribile. I guai cominceranno quando il taccuino, pieno di osservazioni pungenti, cadrà in mano ai suoi compagni di scuola... Un libro divertentissimo che ci fa vedere il mondo dei "grandi" con gli occhi disincantati di una bambina terribile.