
A bright spring day at West Haven High finds a circle of girls buzzing with speculation as a sleek red automobile rolls onto the school grounds. At the wheel is Wilhelmina “Billie” Campbell, a poised sophomore whose father builds railroads in distant lands, and whose own arrival in a motor‑car instantly turns her into the talk of the campus. The girls are instantly divided between fascination with her worldly air and the uneasy feeling of being out‑shined by someone who seems to carry an entire continent in her pocket.
Behind the excitement, a tighter clique called the Mystic Seven—led by the town’s prettiest, richest girl—maintains a cool distance from anyone outside their circle. Billie’s effortless confidence threatens to upend the established hierarchy, and the school’s quiet rhythm begins to crack under the pressure of new friendships, whispered rivalries, and the promise of change. Listeners will love watching how a single red car can set a whole community on a collision course with its own expectations.
Language
en
Duration
~5 hours (291K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Cornell University Digital Collections)
Release date
2011-09-15
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Best known for the early-20th-century Motor Maids books, this author wrote brisk adventures centered on young women, travel, and independence. Her novels still have an easy, energetic charm for readers who enjoy vintage series fiction.
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