Going Places (A. R. Barton)

Sophie keeps imagining grand possibilities

Sophie keeps imagining grand possibilities for her future. She dreams of owning a boutique, becoming a manager, an actress, or a fashion designer. Her

Sophie and Jansie are both earmarked

Sophie and Jansie are both earmarked for work at the biscuit factory after school. Their family life is modest, cramped, and financially strained, whi

Sophie is deeply fascinated by Danny

Sophie is deeply fascinated by Danny Casey, a young Irish football prodigy playing for United. She imagines meeting him and creates a special personal

The story leaves Sophie’s meeting

The story leaves Sophie’s meeting with Danny Casey uncertain and shows her later waiting alone by the canal for him. Her fantasy grows vivid, but the

Jansie is practical and discouraging

Jansie is practical and discouraging, Geoff is quiet and partly sympathetic, and Sophie’s father is skeptical and disdainful. Little Derek, however, s