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2	[[caption-width-right:316:Welcome to Camden Falls.]]
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4	Main Street is a children's novel series by Creator/AnnMMartin aiming at age group 8-12. The story revolves around two sisters - [[HeartwarmingOrphan Ruby and Flora Northrop]] who shift to a small town [[NewEngland Camden Falls]] to live with their Grandmother after the sudden death of their parents. The books tell us about the girls' new journey and adaptation in a new town and new people with old memories, and some with rather dubious ones. There, they make new friends like Olivia and Nikki. Olivia's grandmother owns a store with Min (Ruby's and Flora's grandmother)
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6	After completing ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'' series the Main Street series were begun by Ann M. Martin. She has stated in one of her interviews that she always liked writing about small towns and this made writing the Main Street series even more interesting. The books have at one point or another talked about almost everyone and all shops in the town. According to Martin, she had to create a whole new imaginary town which was very enjoyable.
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9	!!This series contains examples of:
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11	* AbusiveParents: [[TroubledChild Nikki]] has an [[TheAlcoholic abusive father]], which constitutes a troubled home life.
12	%% * {{Adorably Precocious Child}}ren
13	%% * {{Brainy Brunette}}s: Flora and Olivia.
14	%% * {{Cheerful Child}}ren
15	* ClassClown: Nikki, although her [[StepfordSmiler cheekiness]] is hinted to be a [[BeneathTheMask façade]].
16	%% * ComingOfAgeStory
17	%%* CoolOldLady: Min, the girls' grandmother.
18	* ExtracurricularEnthusiast: Ruby becomes very much involved with Camden Falls by joining the community kids chorus, taking dance lessons, and getting the lead in the school play.
19	* ExtremeDoormat: Olivia temporarily became one once she first began JuniorHigh, but eventually GrewASpine throughout the course of the story.
20	* GenkiGirl: Ruby, a cheerful MotorMouth who enjoys the spotlight and has continuously starred in several school plays.
21	* GradeSkipper: Olivia, an InnocentProdigy who's mentioned to be a year younger than the rest after having skipped a grade.
22	%% * {{Heartwarming Orphan}}s
23	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ruby can be [[ItsAllAboutMe headstrong]], as well as a bit of an AttentionWhore on occasion, but her heart is still in the right place.
24	%% * NaiveEverygirl: Flora.
25	* {{Naive Newcomer}}s: [[TheProtagonist Flora]] and Ruby, the {{Deuteragonist}}.
26	%% * NeatFreak: Olivia often alternates between these, depending on the situation.
27	%% * PerpetualPoverty: Nikki's family.
28	* TheQuietOne: Flora, the soft-spoken, gentle seamstress of the two girls.
29	* QuirkyTown: the framework of the fictional [[CloseKnitCommunity Camden Falls]] revolves around this trope, considering its small, quaint shops.
30	%% * ShrinkingViolet: Olivia and occasionally Flora, to a lesser extent.
31	* SiblingYinYang: Flora is a quiet, gentle spirit with a fondness for sewing while her younger sister Ruby is more talkative and extraverted, with a love of the spotlight.
32	%% * TheresNoPlaceLikeHome
33	* TrueCompanions: a given, considering the series revolves around the daily adventures of young girls in a quaint, CloseKnitCommunity.
34	%% * WiseBeyondTheirYears: Flora and Ruby, the orphaned protagonists of the series.

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