
A bright‑eyed eight‑year‑old named Nora arrives at a quirky summer house, where adults play at being “Jim” and “Aunt Elizabeth” while she insists on choosing her own name and room. The attic, painted with ghostly stories and moon‑lit windows, becomes the backdrop for her vivid day‑dreams and the promise of a real adventure. As she settles in, the house’s eccentric inhabitants—surveyors, caretakers, and a troupe of Girl Scouts—invite her to help with outdoor tasks, turning ordinary chores into a treasure hunt of imagination.
The story follows Nora’s first days at Rocky Ledge, where the Girl Scouts blend camping, friendship, and whimsical challenges into a “real vacation.” Along the way, she learns to balance her fanciful ideas with the practicalities of camp life, discovering that the most magical moments often hide in simple, shared experiences. Listeners will be drawn into Nora’s playful world, feeling the excitement of a summer that teeters between reality and dream.
Language
en
Duration
~4 hours (238K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
Release date
2012-01-18
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1873–1954
Best known for writing lively series fiction for young readers, this prolific American author produced hundreds of books and helped shape early 20th-century children's publishing. Her stories, especially the Bobbsey Twins volumes credited to her, kept generations of kids turning pages.
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