The story of a young girl reared in the mountains who comes to be schooled in the city has potential, but becomes full of moralizing. When first met, Jerry seems exceptional, an elfin creature with a rich fantasy life, yet on arriving at her new home she turns into a regular girl almost immediately -- a very good girl, of course -- but ordinary and somewhat dull. She has some lively schoolgirl adventures, though on the whole one is left with the idea that her life would have been much more interesting had she remained at home. The ending is predictable, too.