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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
I really enjoyed this Depression Era coming-of-age story. It takes place in the South, and the author does a great job of writing the dialect and painting a beautiful picture of the surroundings. She crafted some lovely characters too. This isn't usually a type of read that I'd think I would enjoy, but I really loved this.
This was a book about a family in the south back when racial relations were much more dangerous than they are today and the KKK was a more prominent force. A very strong willed white girl's family takes in the colored daughter of their servants (employees?) when they are killed in a house fire. The town does not approve of races mixing, and many unfortunate events happen as a result. The story was fascinating and the characters admirable. I really enjoyed this book and I was glad that it was free on the Kindle or else I may have missed it.
I'm not really sure why I liked this book so much. I think it was just plain good storytelling. It was a nice work for it's genre.
I got this book for free from Amazon (and then I tried to send it to my grandma's kindle-unfortunately, it's no longer free. :( ) It's a look into an important summer for a young teen (13)-her family takes in another young girl of color, and it creates a lot of problems in their small town. It takes place after the slaves were free, but when there was still segregation. Maybe it was just the topic, but it did remind me of "To Kill A Mockingbird".
Jesselyn is a strong young woman, and a strong character-she does fly over the handle and over-react to things, but being 13, this is much more acceptable than when it happens with adults in romance novels.
A nicely paced, nicely told story. I'm going to look into this authors other work. She's listed as a Christian writer, and there was some highlighted talk of God in the novel, but it was so nicely handled, it felt real and genuine, not forced or preachy.
I got this book for free from Amazon (and then I tried to send it to my grandma's kindle-unfortunately, it's no longer free. :( ) It's a look into an important summer for a young teen (13)-her family takes in another young girl of color, and it creates a lot of problems in their small town. It takes place after the slaves were free, but when there was still segregation. Maybe it was just the topic, but it did remind me of "To Kill A Mockingbird".
Jesselyn is a strong young woman, and a strong character-she does fly over the handle and over-react to things, but being 13, this is much more acceptable than when it happens with adults in romance novels.
A nicely paced, nicely told story. I'm going to look into this authors other work. She's listed as a Christian writer, and there was some highlighted talk of God in the novel, but it was so nicely handled, it felt real and genuine, not forced or preachy.
This book put me in mind of "Fried Green Tomatoes" in a good way. I'm definitely picking up the rest of the series.
Very easy read. I really like stories that tell of predujice in America though this storyline seems to have been done over and over again.
Powerful, Deeply moving read. I can't wait to start the rest of this series! Thanks, Sharon for bragging so much about this read! You bumped it way up my tbr list and I am so glad you did!!!
Couldn't put this book down! Interesting story told through the eyes of a 13 year old girl, living in the segregated South.
I found this for free for my Kindle. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't have read it. I'm glad I did--it was a unique experience (I haven't read anything like it, really). Probably not worth reading again though.
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced