When Annie goes sledding near the cemetery and unwittingly bumps into Elsie's tombstone, it releases her vengeful ghost. Then the Spanish influenza epidemic hits, and Elsie dies. Only when Elsie misses a couple of days of school does Annie get a chance to become part of Rosie's group, fully realizing that the price she will pay is to join in the others' mocking and taunting of Elsie. I knew it when I saw you come through the door." Elsie smothers Annie, completely isolating her from the rest of the class. Rosie is the most popular girl in class, but before Annie can approach her, the needy, clingy, awful Elsie Schneider (who is the main target of Rosie's ridicule) grabs her hand and announces, "We're going to be friends, Annie Browne. When sixth-grader Annie enters a new school in the fall of 1918, she's understandably eager to make friends. On the upside, the scenes with the ghostly Elsie are fairly terrifying. In addition, with the exception of Annie's mother, every character remains convinced that Elsie deserves to be mistreated readers may come away with the impression that the author condones bullying. While the historical aspects of the novel appear to be accurate, Hahn doesn't provide any reference materials, and her integration of period-appropriate cultural elements such as games, books, and rhymes becomes over-the-top toward the end of the narrative. But when Elsie becomes a victim of the deadly Spanish influenza pandemic, her desire for revenge-and for Annie's friendship-doesn't die with her.
Soon Annie joins the other girls in bullying Elsie, both emotionally and physically.
So when Elsie is out sick for a week, Annie takes advantage of her freedom to make new friends. Elsie is considered a thief, a liar, and a tattletale, and Annie quickly agrees. Well liked at her old school, Annie isn't prepared for the immediate derision her classmates, especially popular Rosie, direct at her after she's befriended by outcast Elsie Schneider. Gr 4–7-In September of 1918, Annie Browne moves to Mount Pleasant, MD, and begins attending an all-girls school.
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