Project Gutenberg 2001-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 311 Long, Helen Beecher Janice Day, the Young Homemaker Scanned by Aaron Cannon "Janice Day, the Young Homemaker" by Helen Beecher Long is a coming-of-age novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Janice Day, a resourceful and caring young girl who is navigating the challenges of managing a household after the death of her mother. As she faces the trials of hiring a series of incompetent housemaids and the mischief caused by neighborhood boys, particularly Arlo Junior, Janice's determination to maintain her family's home life and her education shines through. The opening of the novel introduces Janice in her daily routine, marked by her early morning efforts to provide a proper breakfast for her father amidst the chaos caused by a neglectful housemaid. From her observations of Arlo Junior's antics with a group of cats to her own reflections on her late mother, we see Janice grappling with grief and responsibility. The narrative sets up her interactions with household challenges and community relationships, laying the groundwork for her character development. As the story unfolds, the weight of familial expectations and her ambitions to fill her mother's role create a rich tapestry of youthful resilience and the complexities of growing up. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Social classes -- Juvenile fiction Fathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction Young women -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile fiction PZ PS Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: American Literature 444268 2025-08-01T13:36:08.009307 text/html 444089 2025-01-08T00:34:13.874049 text/html 240667 2025-08-01T13:36:16.874252 application/epub+zip 246145 2025-08-01T13:36:11.269275 application/epub+zip 227750 2025-08-01T13:36:09.973325 application/epub+zip 455917 2025-08-01T13:36:20.805243 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 429115 2025-08-01T13:36:16.036258 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398874 2022-09-02T04:20:28.267282 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 386274 2025-08-01T13:36:07.472389 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 378611 2015-04-04T09:38:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 141722 2015-04-04T09:39:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 17675 2025-08-01T13:36:20.978245 application/rdf+xml 14485 2025-08-01T13:36:10.474359 image/jpeg 3426 2025-08-01T13:36:10.223298 image/jpeg 236497 2025-08-01T13:36:08.043297 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog