Sensible Kate Author:Doris Gates "I'm sure you'll find Kate a very sensible child," says Miss Watson, from the County Office. — Is that all anyone will ever say of her, Kate wonders. How she longs to be pretty and cute! But who would ever think of her - a freckled-faced, red-headed orphan - as cute? So Kate settles for being sensible. — Then she goes to live with the Tuttles a... more »s a "family helper". And in this small seaside town in California, Sensible Kate Summers meets some wonderful people and makes some surprising discoveries - about herself.« less