An Old-Fashioned Girl vs Heaven to Betsy (Betsy-Tacy #5): Which Should You Read?

Cover of An Old-Fashioned Girl An Old-Fashioned Girl Louisa May Alcott · 1869 ★★★★☆ 4.1 Challenging
“"It's time to go to the station, Tom."”
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Polly visits her wealthy friend Fanny Shaw in the city and is overwhelmed by the fashionable and urban life they live--but also left out because of her "countrified" manners and outdated clothes.

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Cover of Heaven to Betsy (Betsy-Tacy #5) Heaven to Betsy (Betsy-Tacy #5) Maud Hart Lovelace · 1945 ★★★★☆ 4.3 345 pages · ≈ 6 h 23 m · Moderate
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High School is Heaven! It's Betsy Ray's freshman year at Deep Valley High School, and she and her best childhood chum, Tacy Kelly, are loving every minute. Betsy and Tacy find themselves in the midst of a new crowd of…

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The verdict

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How to choose

Scores by source

An Old-Fashioned GirlHeaven to Betsy (Betsy-Tacy #5)
Goodreads 4.1 (22901) 4.3 (6295)
Hardcover 4.0 (22) 4.0 (6)
Apple Books 4.5 (404) 4.0 (19)
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Reception

An Old-Fashioned GirlHeaven to Betsy (Betsy-Tacy #5)
Ratings 22901 6295
Editions 359 9
Film adaptations 1 —
Want to read 21884 —
Written reviews 1559 —
Wikipedia attention 579 —
Pages — 345
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Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: An Old-Fashioned Girl or Heaven to Betsy (Betsy-Tacy #5)?

Heaven to Betsy (Betsy-Tacy #5) has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Heaven to Betsy (Betsy-Tacy #5) 4.3/5, An Old-Fashioned Girl 4.1/5).

Which is harder to read: An Old-Fashioned Girl or Heaven to Betsy (Betsy-Tacy #5)?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — An Old-Fashioned Girl: Challenging; Heaven to Betsy (Betsy-Tacy #5): Moderate.

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