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The Staircase 17 reviews
Ann Rinaldi
Gulliver Books Paperbacks, 2002
heartwarming
I am actually going to give this book to my granddaughter. I did read it and it is very touching to go into the life of a young lady that is on her own.
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In My Father's House (Point)69 reviews
Ann Rinaldi
Scholastic Paperbacks, 1994
Beautiful Tale for Mature Readers
In My Father's House follows a young Southern girl, Oscie Mason, as she lives twelve years of her life, plagued by the Civil War.
It all starts when Oscie's mother, Virginia, marries Will Mclean. Oscie does not like him, mostly because she is unwilling to allow her beloved father to be replaced. She is disrespectful and rude to him as often as possible, and the two fight with each other ...
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A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials113 reviews
Ann Rinaldi
Gulliver Books Paperbacks, 2003
A favorite from when I was young
I was addicted to historical fiction for young adults when I was growing up, and this was probably my favorite. I read it at least four times more than a decade ago. I recommend it to any young adults who are interested in learning a little bit more about historical topics and the events surrounding them.
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The Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre (Great Episodes)67 reviews
Ann Rinaldi
Gulliver Books Paperbacks, 2004
Anna Rinaldi does it again!!!!!
This is a really, really good book. It's one of the first Ann Rinaldi books I ever read, and I loved it!!! The plot is really good, and the characters are easy to like. You sorta feel Rachel's confusion, pain and joy.
This is really worth your time!!!
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Time Enough for Drums 133 reviews
Ann Rinaldi
Laurel Leaf, 2000
Great Book
This is the best of all Ann Rinaldis books (I have read all of them). This book has the most interesting characters and a great plot. Everyone will enjoy Jem and her tutor and what happens between them. I have read this book probably 15 times and never get tired of it. The hints of romance and interest to this book. It teaches you about history without making you ever feel like you were in ...
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The Redheaded Princess: A Novel 8 reviews
Ann Rinaldi
HarperCollins, 2008
Courtesy of Teens Read Too
In Rinaldi's spectacular new book for young adults, she's moved beyond American history to British, and the tale of a young redheaded girl who yearned to be queen.
Despised by her father and sister, shoved aside by the nation's leaders, and motherless, young Elizabeth I grows up at her country estate where she learns from a young age the dangers of crossing paths with monarchs. She realizes ...
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The Secret of Sarah Revere37 reviews
Ann Rinaldi
Gulliver Books Paperbacks, 2003
book review for language 5th period
Book Title:The Secret Of Sarah Revere
Author:Ann Rinaldi
Genre:Nonfiction
Three sentence summary:A war was going on and a man 7 miles away just sitting outside a castle. Days after that war a women named Rachel recieved a note about her meeting her brother but he never showed up. A year after a man named warren died at a war on the hill.
what i liked most about the book: I liked the ...
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Cast Two Shadows: The American Revolution in the South (Great Episodes)25 reviews
Ann Rinaldi
Gulliver Books Paperbacks, 2004
Definetly One of my Favorites!!
What can I say about this book? It's absolutely my favorite out of all the Great Episodes of Ann Rinaldi's. I love the story of Caroline and her journey with her slave grandmother, she is so strong through the whole story. If you love History you'll love this book!! I know I did.
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An Acquaintance with Darkness (Great Episodes)67 reviews
Ann Rinaldi
Gulliver Books Paperbacks, 2005
Through the Eyes of a Civil War Orphan..
Emily Pigbush is an orphan. In the first few chapters of the book, she loses her mother, and her father is long gone from the war.She is left to live with her best friend Annie, the daughter of Mary Surratt.That night, there is a great outcry in the city of Washington, where Emily lives. Mr. Lincoln, the president, has been shot dead. Emily is even more stunned when she hears who had done it-- ...
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The Coffin Quilt: The Feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys41 reviews
Ann Rinaldi
Gulliver Books Paperbacks, 2001
The Coffin Quilt: A Quick Thought On My Reading Experience With The Book
I live in the hills of West Virginia- not very far from where this story is set. When I was younger- I guess in about the 7th grade, we had WV history, which I tried not to pay any attention to as much as possible. Our class did learn about the Hatfields and McCoys, and I wish now that I had paid closer attention. Mostly because I really missed out on a good story- that I never really got a ...
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Or Give Me Death: A Novel of Patrick Henry's Family (Great Episodes)15 reviews
Ann Rinaldi
Gulliver Books Paperbacks, 2004
A Great Book
This book was "required reading" for this past summer. I fliched at it before I read it. (Last years reading was horrid) I thought it was great though. (I do love history) It is very descriptive, and a farily easy read. I enjoyed it so much I picked up some other titles by Ann Rinaldi. I like the second half (Anne's) better. But never try to explain it to someone it becomes to complicated, but is ...
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The Last Silk Dress123 reviews
Ann Rinaldi
Laurel Leaf, 1999
Girl In Tragic Times, Wonderful
Susan is growing up during the Civil War. She helps the Confederate Cause by collecting silk dresses for a balloon to spy on the Union army. She also struggles with her mother, who takes out her anger on Susan. But when she meets her brother Lucien, who was shunned from the family and has anti-Confederate views, her loyalties are tested. Can she do what she thinks is right, without hurting ...
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A Ride into Morning: The Story of Tempe Wick21 reviews
Ann Rinaldi
Gulliver Books Paperbacks, 2003
Loved it 9 years ago, love it today!!!
I first read this book when I was in 3rd grade. It was the first real novel I read and it got me addicted to historical fiction! A Ride into Morning is just as exciting every time you read it. Ann Rinaldi does a fantastic job of grabbing the reader from the very beggining. Mary is a believable character, and you sympathize with her, but also Tempe. Read the book, you wont regret it!
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Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley (Great Episodes)60 reviews
Ann Rinaldi
Gulliver Books Paperbacks, 2005
Your freedom is taken for granted, mine is elusive
"Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley" is a fine fictionalized account of America's first black poet. The significance of this label is that Phillis was a "slave." Her poetry is reminiscent of that of any white male poet of the age--complex structure, fine vocabulary, literary allusions reflecting classical education, and obvious symbolism. Her subjects were often ...
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Juliet's Moon (Great Episodes) 2 reviews
Ann Rinaldi
Harcourt Children's Books, 2008
Accessible History
In her usual accessible style, Ann Rinaldi brings to life another chapter of U.S. history in Juliet's Moon. This time Ms. Rinaldi has chosen the Civil War, with her setting in Missouri among the families of the men of Quantrill's Raiders. The Raiders were notorious during the War, often leading strikes filled with death and destruction in retaliation for the Union's advances into the South. ...
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Wolf By The Ears (Point)68 reviews
Ann Rinaldi
Scholastic Paperbacks, 1993
Great book
"Harriet Hemings has always been happy in the comfortable, protected world that is Monticello. She's been well treated there; no one has ever called her a slave. But that is what she is, a slave of the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence. And there are rumors that she might be more then Thomas Jefferson's slave- she might be his daughter..."
This is one of my favorite books I've read ...
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Taking Liberty: The Story of Oney Judge, George Washington's Runaway Slave16 reviews
Ann Rinaldi
Simon Pulse, 2004
Wonderful!
Taking Liberty, by Ann Rinaldi is historical fiction taking place during the Revolutionary War. This book is about an African American girl named Oney Judge who is a slave to George and Martha Washington. In real life she was an actual slave to George Washington. This book tells the life of Oney as a young child till the day she has runaway.
Oneys life is pretty good for a slave, and is ...
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My Name Is America: The Journal Of Jasper Jonathan Pierce, A Pilgrim Boy (My Name Is America)17 reviews
Ann Rinaldi
Scholastic Inc., 2000
A Glimplse into the Life of the Pilgrims
This is my first experience with the My Name is America series, though I have read a number of other books in the Dear America series and I have to say, I rather enjoyed it. My Name is America: The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce is written in the style of a personal diary that the main character (Jasper Jonathan Pierce) writes to his brother whom he was forced to leave behind in England. ...
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Numbering All the Bones19 reviews
Ann Rinaldi
Hyperion Book CH, 2005
Wowzer
I loved this book!It was reccomended by the librarian at my school. I was surprised that slave masters had affairs with their slaves. My opinion on the book has no effect on what you think, read it for yourself!
Basically the book takes place in 1864. It is about a slave girl before and after she was given freedom. She is named Eudlina. She ends up working for Clara Barton. I wont ...
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Nine Days a Queen: The Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Grey9 reviews
Ann Rinaldi
HarperTeen, 2006
Not Just For Teens!
NINE DAYS A QUEEN, perfectly reveals the compelling story of Lady Jane Grey. Her story, which is told in a first person narrative, begins at the age of nine when she is sent to the Court of Henry VIII by her manipulative and ambitious parents. Here she meets her future guardians, Katherine Parr (the sixth of Henry's wives) and Thomas Seymour; she reconnects with her cousins, the future King ...
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