Summary: This is the story of Deborah Sampson, a real young woman who disguises herself as a man so that she could fight for her country in the Revolutionary War. It was very difficult to feel any sorrow for him at all! This story of love, life, death, and social injustice keeps you enthralled from beginning to end!Īwards: 2006 Bellwether Prize for Fiction, ALA Alex Award, NAIBA Fiction Book of the Year
Reaction: I loved this story! I got very involved with Laura's character wanting so much for her to find happiness. The two must confront forbidden love, blatant bigotry, and family secrets. The two become unlikely friends, and, in doing so, ignite the prejudice and hatred of those around them. When Henry's brother Jamie and the Jackson's son Ronsel return from fighting in Europe during World War II, the lives of everyone changes forever. Florence and her family live on the McAllan farm, and her husband works as a sharecropper, but their lives become intertwined as they all try to survive. Her only friendship develops with Florence Jackson, a "colored" neighbor who helps the McAllens with housework. To make matters worse, her cantankerous, racist father-in-law lives with them and keeps an eye on everything Laura says and does and belittles all those around him. Whenever it rains, the water rises over the bridge to town and isolates the farm. Her husband, Henry, buys the farm using every resoure the family had without consulting Laura, and now she is forced to live in a shack with no indoor plumbing or electricity. Summary: In 1946 city-woman Laura McAllen finds herself living a difficult life with her family on a cotton farm in Mississippi.
Target Audience: Older female readers, 16+Īwards: 2009 YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, 2009 YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, 2009 Amelia Bloomer Project Young Adult Fiction Pick, 2009 NYPL Stuff for the Teenage Pick, 2008 BCCB Blue Ribbon Award Winner, 2008 VOYA Editor's Choice for Teens, 2008 Best Books for Children Teen Selection, Best Book of 2008, Cynsational Book of 2008 Reaction: Intense!!! I couldn't put it down. The images are quite disturbing, but they put you in "Alice's" mind. Recommendation: Yes, but for mature readers. Together, they develop a plan to take another girl, "Annabelle," leaving little doubt as to "Alice's" future. Rays is fixated on young girls, and "Alice" knows that she is aging too fast for Ray. She lives for the day when he tires of her and finally kills her. He threatens her by telling her he will kill her real family if she misbehaves, so she stays with him-broken and defeated. "Alice" is held captive and is abused mentally, physically, and sexually by her captor, Ray. Summary: This is the story of a fifteen-year-old girl who was kidnapped when she was ten.
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