Donna Parker On Her Own (Donna Parker, #3) (2024)

I wish i had read these as a kid. I love the detail. I love the way they capture Donna's internal resentments and doubts. This is he second one i have read. I was having a chuckle trying to figure out how old she was. At first i thought it had said 16 and I thought she was very immature. Then I thought 12 as they said Jr High. Now i realize it was 14 . So she certainly isn't any more immature than today's sheltered Millenials.

Not sure if I will keep in my collection.

I'm not the intended audience. But I loved this. The trials Donna goes through. Her realizing that it's all her fault, but things working out in the end. I doubt this sort of thing could happen today, which is sad, but it made for really fun reading.

I didn't care for this book. The story had a very thin plot about a girl (Donna) who was trying to prove she was grown up. But all it really showed was how very immature she was. I actually took an instant dislike to her because of her childish behavior. I had a hard time figuring out her age at first, because of the way she calls her parents Mommy and Daddy. She talks like she's five years old. And such a whiny crybaby when she's told she can't go camping with just her friends and no adults. And in March yet! I never figured out where she lives, but where I live, blizzards are not uncommon in March. And as it turns out, they did have a snowstorm the weekend she wanted to go camping. The only positive thing I can say about the book revolves around the mystery of the money that keeps disappearing from the cookie jar. I was actually surprised to find out who was taking it. I realize this book is very outdated. In fact, it was published before I was born. But after reading this book, I would not be interested in reading the rest of the series.

I'm pretty sure I read at least some of this series when I was a kid. Last night my mom and I were discussing yesterday's Goodreads FB question about first favorite authors, and that got us thinking about old series from my childhood. She remembered she had been given this old book a while ago. I read the entire thing and had a fun, nostalgic evening. Such a sweet and innocent time.

This was the first Donna Parker I read as a tween and the cover alone takes me back to being 12 again! Anyway I've recently purchased all the Donna's for a walk down memory lane. This is the one I remembered most vividly. Of course it's dated but still with that said Donna's feelings were so true to what I can remember feeling when I was that age. I liked that in the end she resolved her own problems and also that she took responsibility for her own errors in judgement. Not bad lessons to learn from a dated kids book!

Although the book was a sweet story, it was extremely outdated. I'm sure young girls of years-gone-by read this book, but post-modern readers will be bored. I could only recommend this book to older readers.

One of my goals this year is to reread my favorite preteen series books, so I chose Donna Parker. What great memories! I know I read these over and over in my younger days, loving all of Donna’s adventures. This takes place in a much simpler time and I enjoyed the break!

I think this was the first Donna Parker book I read and it’s probably my favourite of the series. And now that I’m raising a tween, I can almost see some of Donna’s thoughts about her parents running through Mini-Me’s head.

Some growing up and lessons learned. A good read for junior high aged girls.

I remember reading this and really enjoyed it.

This was fairly dull and predictable, but not totally obnoxious.

Didn't like the first half, second half was way better. I loved the cliff-hanger ending.

Ah, to be 14 in the 1950s and have the world at your feet..... :)

Fun look back at the 1950s/60s. Not much of a mystery, but an enjoyable teen book.

It was a bit tepid/boring.

Nothing that exciting happens, unless you count the floor getting a little sticky. However, for when it was written and for the audience it was written for, I can see how popular the series was.

A fun book, if not terribly compelling. Interesting insights to the 1950s.

Very dated but a good story and as other reviews noted the author does a great job of describing the internal struggles of a teenage girl trying to grow up.

This was the 1st book I bought with my own money when I was "way younger"...brought it out to read it again.

So I liked this series, but I don't remember the stories. I do remember all of the covers, however, except for this one.

The author's more-than-occasional abrupt change from one scene to another without any transition was a little annoying, and Donna herself probably ought to be on some kind of mood-stabilizing pharmaceuticals, but other than that this was a nice trip back to the days when people knew their neighbors, looked out for each other, and found satisfaction in simple pursuits like square dances and ice cream sundae-making contests. Although I grew up in the '70s, 20 years after this book was published, the "homeyness" of it reminded me vividly of my own childhood.

I am taking a break from romance novels and a Drambuie to read Donna Parker On Her Own with a Shirley Temple. My older sister brought Donna Parker books home from the library, early 1970's and I read them as she finished each book and then handed it off to me. I'll get back to you, I can finish these books in a couple of bus ride commutes, but right now, I didn't recall Donna being someone I would like to push down. She's whiny and spoiled so we'll see if she grows up "on her own". This book is a fun way to kill time though.

This was a cute read, though very dated. I'd hesitate in giving it to a younger child today thanks to gems like "For a woman driver, you're not so bad, Miss Dengrove. I hope we make it back all right." There's also a male coach who is incredibly sexist by modern standards, though we are supposed to find him charming. Still, an older child will probably be able to recognize and understand some of the more dated aspects.

Donna and her brother are chaperoned by Donna's teacher while their parents are on a business trip to India for one month. Donna learns a lot about responsibility and all her problems are neatly solved.

Sept 2017 I re-read this book. Although written for younger readers (junior hi) I thought it was very interesting. It is very dated ... many of the references simply won't work for today's girls ... but I understand them from my younger years, and it was a very pleasant reminiscence.

Read this whole series as a young girl. My daddy brought home the first one for me to read when I was in about 4th grade and home sick from school. It was the first "big" book I remember reading and I was hooked on reading from that point on!

I must have read this book about 900 times when I was a kid. I still read all the Donna Parker books from time to time because I loved this one so much and still do. I highly recommend these books to anyone. I love how innocent they are and how they stand the test of time.

I did so love these books when I was a kid!! I remember buying them for $.59 at Kresge's when I had money or asking for them for Christmas. Man, were things a LOT simpler then!

This rating is based on having read the book in 1987:). It was a profoundly innocent book....I'm enjoying reading it now just for the nostalgia. My how times have changed:)

A book I got in the 50's and felt so grown up to be reading it. Innocent, chic lit.