The Education of Bet

Posted on 25 October 2018 by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

When Will and Bet were four, tragic circumstances brought them to the same house, to be raised by a wealthy gentleman as brother and sister Now sixteen, they ve both enjoyed a privileged upbringing thus far But not all is well in their household Because she s a girl, Bet s world is contained within the walls of their grand home, her education limited to the rudiments of reading, writing, arithmetic, and sewing Will s world is much larger He is allowed forced, in his case to go to school Neither is happy.So Bet comes up with a plan and persuades Will to give it a try They ll switch places She ll go to school as Will Will can live as he chooses But once Bet gets to school, she soon realizes living as a boy is going to be much difficult than she imagined. Best Download [ The Education of Bet ] author [ Lauren Baratz-Logsted ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Eh.I m a sucker for all the hijinks that result when a female character has to disguise herself as a boy to do what she wants to do Tamora Pierce, this is all your fault , so there was never a chance I wasn t going to read this one.But it was awfully boring.It started off very promising Bet wants to go to school Will doesn t They hatch a plan but then it turns out that the whole thing was just a build up to Bet falls for her roommate who thinks she s a boy oh no I can get behind that Eh.I m a sucker for all the hijinks that result when a female character has to disguise herself as a boy to do what she wants to do Tamora Pierce, this is ...Bet longs to go to school, despite being a girl and the less than important daughter of a housemaid Meanwhile, Will Bet s privileged childhood playmate squanders his own opportunities, managing to get himself expelled from four educational institutions When he is accepted to a fifth school which he disdains Bet s jealousy bursts into frustration.And into a plan to take Will s place He will go into the military his own personal dream And she will disguise herself ...I m of two minds over The Education of Bet On the one hand, this had all the makings of a historical novel I love Feisty heroine, madcap adventures, romance, family secrets and its set somewhere in the 1800 s However, maybe due to the slim nature of the volume the story didn t feel complete By the time the ending chapters occur I felt as if the author rushed to a conclusion too abruptly.The story is very much like Shakespeare s Twelfth Night of which Bet grows to love or maybeaccurat I m of two minds over The Education of Bet On the one hand, this had all the makings of a historical novel I love Feisty heroine, madcap adventures, romance, family secrets and its set somewhere in the 1800 s However, maybe due to the slim nature of the volume the story didn t feel complete By the time the ending chapters occur I felt as if the author rushed to a conclusion too abruptly.The story is very much like Shakespeare s Twelfth Night of which Bet grows to love or maybeaccurately the Amanda Bynes movie from about half a decade ago She ...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here It s a book review Ya I finally have a review i can post on here after seemingly so long Anyways I love a good gender bender and The Education of Bet certainly delivers The book is set in an undisclosed period of time in the 1800 s My guess is sometime in the very late 870 1890 s I believe this because Bet mentions Dickens whom wrote the majority in the 1850 60 s before dying in 1870 Also the fact that Bet s only complaint in dress is a corset Therefore it s obvious the book is set It s a book review Ya I finally have a review i can post on here after seemingly so long Anyways I love a good gender bender and The Education of Bet certainly delivers The book is set in an undisclosed period of time in the 1800 s My guess is sometime in the very late 870 1890 s I believe this because Bet mentions Dickens whom wrote the majority in the 1850 60 s before dying in 1870 Also the fact that Bet s only complaint in dress is a corset Therefore it s obvious the book is set after the hoop skirt trend ...SummaryThe 1800s were not a good time for women in want of an education, as young Bet well knows Inspired by her desire to learn, Bet jumps at the opportunity to attend boarding school The only catch Bet must disguise herself as her cousin Will in order to gain admittance Donning the garb of a young man and lowering the pitch of her voice, Bet believes she will have no trouble blending in But boys will be boys, as the old adage says, and Bet soon learns it takesto be a boy than a swag SummaryThe 1800s were not a good time for women in want of an education, as young Bet well knows Inspired by her desire to learn, Bet jumps at the opportunity to attend boarding school The only catch Bet must di...To be honest, its really a 3.5 star book, but I m a sucker for this theme, so I couldn t help rating it up.Bet, or Elizabeth Smith, our heroine, is 16 and wants a education Raised with a young man named William, who wants to skip out of school to join the military, she devises a plan to take his place in his new school while he goes out to war She practices to become a boy and eventually ends up at the Betterman Academy Unfortunately, the reality of this world is nothing near what she imagine To be honest, its really...Elizabeth could speak, write, and read as well as Will, but there is something that Will can do that she cannot attend school But Bet is determined and when Will confesses that he dreams to join the military rather than go back to school, Bet proposes that they switch places and in her case, genders.Lauren Baratz Logsted has a habit of underwhelming me with her books The last book I read by Baratz Logsted was Crazy Beautiful, stunning cover with a sinful synopsis, but it fell to impress Now Elizabeth could speak, write, and read as well as Will, but there is something that Will can do that she cannot attend school But Bet is determined and when Will confesses ...THE EDUCATION OF BET took me completely by surprise Before this novel, I d never read anything by Lauren Baratz Logsted, but I was intrigued by the description I found the lengths Bet and Will go to in order to disguise Bet as a boy entertaining I was skeptical that Baratz Logsted would be able to make this aspect of the novel believable, but I actually found it very convincing I especially loved that there were adults at the school aiding Bet in her quest for an education It was inspiring THE EDUCATION OF BET took me completely by surprise Before this novel, I d never read anything by Lauren Baratz Logsted, but I was intrigued by the description I found the lengths Bet and Will go to in order to disguise Bet as a boy entertaining I was skeptical that Baratz Logsted would be able to make this aspect of the novel believable, but I actu...I feel a little stingy giving this book two stars, but for better or for worse, I m becoming harder to impress when it comes to YA books There are so many good ones out there, but for every good, solid piece of writing let alone any amazing, astounding piece of writing , there s a pile of clich s and tropes that have been done to death I think that this book has a lot going for it, but all the delicate balancing the author does in the beginning of the book nestling her characters and their I feel a little stingy giving this book two stars, but for better or for worse, I m becoming harder to impress when it comes to YA books There are so many good ones out there, but for every good, solid piece of writing let alone any amazing, astounding piece of writing , there s a pile of clich s and tropes that have been done to death I think that this book has a lot going for it, bu...I absolutely loved this book I loved everything about it the characters, the story, the writing, the list goes on and on This book was so cute and I loved Bet s voice.I loved reading about all of Bet s adventures at schools while she was pretending to be a boy This was so much fun to read I also kept waiting for her to get caught Bet falls for her roommate, who thinks she is a boy, and that is absolutely priceless watching them I absolutely loved her roommate, James He was definately swo I absolutely loved this book I loved everything about it the characters, the story, the writing, the list goes on and on This book was so cute and I loved Bet s voice.I loved reading about all of Bet s adventures at schools while she was pretending to be a boy This was so much fun to read I also kept waiting for her to get caught Bet falls for her roommate, who thinks she is a boy, and that is absolutely priceless watching them I absolutely loved her roommate, James He was definately swoonworthy At first, you don t really know what to think of him, but as the book goes on he really grows as a character and you see him and Will really start to become good friends Mrs Smithers was another character I really liked At first, I figured she d be a stern lady with not much character to her, but I was very wrong She was one of my favorite characters of the book I do...

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25 October 2018

Lauren Baratz-Logsted