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A review by aklibrarychick
Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm
4.0
Thanks for mentioning this book, Jess. I ran into it when I was looking for something else at the library for Emma, and remembered it was one of your favorites. What a great book!
It paints an amazing picture of life in the early days of Washington state. You get a view at Finnish culture, farm life, and what it would have been like to be a girl in a very rough-and-tumble world. The characters are very well developed and likeable, although at first I had a hard time keeping her May's seven brothers straight! There are also some hard things in the book (murder, accidental deaths, terrible illnesses, a truly spiteful character), so that I wouldn't recommend it for very young children. It made me cry, so I can imagine it would be pretty wrenching to very young kids. I think Emma could read it, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone younger.
Top notch kids lit!
It paints an amazing picture of life in the early days of Washington state. You get a view at Finnish culture, farm life, and what it would have been like to be a girl in a very rough-and-tumble world. The characters are very well developed and likeable, although at first I had a hard time keeping her May's seven brothers straight! There are also some hard things in the book (murder, accidental deaths, terrible illnesses, a truly spiteful character), so that I wouldn't recommend it for very young children. It made me cry, so I can imagine it would be pretty wrenching to very young kids. I think Emma could read it, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone younger.
Top notch kids lit!