Pat of Silver Bus (1933) portrays a girl named Patricia Gardiner, who hates changes of any kind and loves her home, Silver Bush, more than anything else in the world. The book begins when Pat is 7 years old and ends when she is 18.
She is very devoted to her family: her father and mother, her brothers Joe and Sid, and her sisters Winnie and Rachel. But of course if nothing changed, shed never get a new baby sister, see her Aunt Hazels wedding, or meet the only boy who truly understands her.