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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
So this time, Jack and Annie visit the magic tree house and open up a book on the Civil War. I now understand that there is, threaded through the books, a story about Morgan LeFay, the magical librarian of Camelot, and Jack & Annie help her in various ways through their time traveling. Now, she needs them to collect different types of writing, and the first time is "Something to follow."
Fortunately, Jack & Annie wind up at a field hospital run by none other than Clara Barton, and one of the nurses gives them a list of instructions re: how to be a nurse. The kids assist the nurses by delivering food to the injured men, following those instructions (#1: Be cheerful) as they do so. They learn about the Civil War and Clara Barton as they work, and they also get an emotional understanding of the devastation war causes.
This was better than the first book. I'm having trouble with the magical librarian bit, but that wasn't a huge part of the book, so. I appreciated the emotions Jack & Annie experienced at seeing how young some of the soldiers were, and the one scene where the kids were in danger (flying mortars) felt much more immediate.
Fortunately, Jack & Annie wind up at a field hospital run by none other than Clara Barton, and one of the nurses gives them a list of instructions re: how to be a nurse. The kids assist the nurses by delivering food to the injured men, following those instructions (#1: Be cheerful) as they do so. They learn about the Civil War and Clara Barton as they work, and they also get an emotional understanding of the devastation war causes.
This was better than the first book. I'm having trouble with the magical librarian bit, but that wasn't a huge part of the book, so. I appreciated the emotions Jack & Annie experienced at seeing how young some of the soldiers were, and the one scene where the kids were in danger (flying mortars) felt much more immediate.
This is one of the few books of this series that I was not particularly fond of. It was sad to read because of the content, though it was still a very quick read.
too short! I would have liked a little more interaction with Clara Barton, maybe a little more description of where they were and what they were experiencing.
This was fun. Conecta more to present day. Love seeing Clara Barton too
I read this one on my own on vacation while eating lunch. There were lots of good bits of information about the period, even things I didn't know. Jack and Annie are well developed by now that their behavior was predictable, but that was comforting in a way.
Traveling back in time from the rumbling thunderstorms of present-day Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, to the booming of Civil War cannonballs near Richmond, Virginia, Jack and Annie set out on their 21st Magic Tree House adventure. The mysterious Morgan le Fay, magical librarian of Camelot, the long-ago kingdom of King Arthur, has left the brother and sister a message in their magic tree house, asking for their help saving Camelot. "Please find these four special kinds of writing for my library: Something to follow, Something to send, Something to learn, Something to lend." Jack and Annie enthusiastically transport themselves to a field near the fighting, and soon are enlisted as volunteer nurses assisting none other than Clara Barton, legendary "Angel of the Battlefield," as she drives her horse-drawn ambulance right onto the battlefields to help save wounded soldiers--including one with a very special connection to Jack and Annie.
Mary Pope Osborne's tremendously popular Magic Tree House series launches into a new realm, as Jack and Annie are challenged to save Camelot. Young readers will effortlessly learn the basics of Civil War history, while losing themselves in another gripping tale that has turned many a nonreader into a bookworm.
Mary Pope Osborne's tremendously popular Magic Tree House series launches into a new realm, as Jack and Annie are challenged to save Camelot. Young readers will effortlessly learn the basics of Civil War history, while losing themselves in another gripping tale that has turned many a nonreader into a bookworm.