Stevenson's joyful exploration of the world speaks directly from a child's point of view and celebrates the child's imagination

As a child

the imagination of the reading public is stirred

and sounds as colors—and bold

The Sweetest Thing Christian Ethics Stevenson's joyful exploration of theThe Singleton family's fortunes seem unaffected by the Great Depression, and Perri along with the other girls at Atlanta's elite Washington Seminary lives a carefree life of tea dances with college boys, matinees at the cinema, and debut parties. But when tragedies strike, Perri is confronted with a world far different from the one she has always known. At the insistence of her parents, Mary "Dobbs" Dillard, the daughter of an itinerant preacher, is