I dearly love Katy. She is such a dear, young character in the first half of the book - see, just hanging around with her five siblings and Cecy, her friend, playing "The Father Waters" game at school and then getting in trouble with her teacher... she is so bright, and so gay!
But in the other half of the book she lies in bed for four years straight; because, see, she had fractured her spine while on the swing in the shed. But Cousin Helen soon comes to help.
Cousin Helen plays a huge part in the book. She is a dear cousin of the Carrs, and she comes at the early part of the book to the Carr House to meet her beloved relatives. She cannot walk, however, for she had been an invalid from a very young age. When she meets Katy they instantly become friends.
But the next thing she knows, Katy is lying in bed from the accident; at first, her patient father and doctor says that she has to lie in bed for over a week. But as days go by, Katy realized that it is going to be many years before she can get up.
Meanwhile, Cousin Helen had been travelling, and on her way back home she comes to the Carr house to comfort Katy.
"Katy, you have to become patient... neat... lady-like... Katy, darling, don't spend your childhood like I did."
And so Katy tries to make the best of life in bed. First, she starts with asking Clover, her younger sister, to bring in some flowers... and then, the house is all sweet again, and the soon the Carr's favourite room in the house is Katy's!
But will she ever walk again?
4.5/5 stars, I give this.
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