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A review by maureen_fox
Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving by Laurie Halse Anderson
1.0
I was looking forward to the story of the woman who persuaded President Lincoln to make Thanksgiving a national holiday. Perhaps her something about her childhood, or why she took up the cause.
What I got was another Victorian-style love fest about a fictional, romanticized past - including pumpkin pie and cranberry sauce (*cringe*)! The illustrations on the first few pages alone were enough to make me want to throw the book across the room.
Anderson is a celebrated historical fiction author, who should know much better than to write tripe like this without better research.
Do better!
If we eliminate the first several pages, all the nonsense about a Thanksgiving Superhero, and begin with Sarah's home life, perhaps this could be a 2 or 3 star book.
What I got was another Victorian-style love fest about a fictional, romanticized past - including pumpkin pie and cranberry sauce (*cringe*)! The illustrations on the first few pages alone were enough to make me want to throw the book across the room.
Anderson is a celebrated historical fiction author, who should know much better than to write tripe like this without better research.
Do better!
If we eliminate the first several pages, all the nonsense about a Thanksgiving Superhero, and begin with Sarah's home life, perhaps this could be a 2 or 3 star book.