The Cruise of the Make-Believes

About This Book

Bessie Meggison lives in a small apartment in the New York slums with her directionless, good-for-nothing father. But Bessie is a dreamer-- she has built a ship in the backyard out of cast-off lumber, and daily she "steers" it on a "cruise of the make believe." One day the wealthy Gilbert Byfield moves in next door -- he has ambitions to become a writer, and he's doing research for a book on the poor. He befriends Bessie, and they share their dreams. Through a third party, he makes one of her dreams come true -- she and her family are sent to live at Gilbert's country estate for a month. Bessi...