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The Midwife's Apprentice: Book Review

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The Midwife's Apprentice: Book Review

The Midwife’s Apprentice: Book Review BIBLIOGRAPHY Cushman, Karen. The Midwife’s Apprentice . New York: Clarion Books, 1995. ISBN 0395692296 PLOT SUMMARY Set in Medieval England in the Middle Ages, Karen Cushman’s The Midwife’s Apprentice is a coming of age tale about a young teen named Alyce. Beginning her life known only as “Brat”, with no home, family, foreseeable future, or even a real name, Brat meets Jane. Jane, a midwife, takes her in as her apprentice, and Brat becomes “Beetle” and then finally “Alyce”, working up to a real future and making something of her life. Will Jane learn to treat Alyce better in time? Will Alyce leave her awful past behind for something better? Read and follow Alyce on her incredible journey! CRITICAL ANALYSIS Karen Cushman creates a captivating tale of a young girl struggling to survive back in the times of Medieval England (fourteenth century). She provides a strong female protagonist, relatable themes, and a believa

Okay for Now: Book Review

Okay for Now: Book Review BIBLIOGRAPHY Schmidt, Gary D. Okay for Now . Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. ISBN 0544022807 PLOT SUMMARY This book is all about Doug Swieteck, set in his new home of Marysville, New York in the summer of 1968 during the time of the Vietnam War and the Apollo space missions. Doug faces many hardships, living with his abusive, alcoholic father with a quick temper, bully older brothers, and awaiting his oldest brother to return from the Vietnam War, but finds an escape through John James Audubon’s Birds of America . Follow Doug and his personal growth throughout this tale, and the “transforming power of at over disaster”. CRITICAL ANALYSIS Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt struck me with such an incredible amount of emotion that I simply could not stop talking about it, and found myself reliving moments of the book over and over again. This is a work of historical fiction, set towards the end of the 1960s with such hist

The Hired Girl: Book Review

The Hired Girl: Book Review BIBLIOGRAPHY Schlitz, Laura Amy. The Hired Girl . Massachusetts: Candlewick, 2015. ISBN 076367818X PLOT SUMMARY This work of historical fiction is set in 1911 and told from the perspective of young Joan Skaggs through a series of diary entries. Like many adolescents, Joan longs for adventure, excitement, and true love, but how can she ever experience such things if she is constantly working on the farm in Pennsylvania? Follow Joan as she seeks out new employment that can help her achieve her goals. She may not be able to find adventure off the salary of a farm girl, but perhaps she can as a hired girl working as a house girl! CRITICAL ANALYSIS Pretending to be 18, 14-year-old Joan Skaggs runs away from her abusive father in search of work, being hired as a house girl to the Rosenbachs in Baltimore. One of the biggest themes in this book revolves around religious prejudice, conflict, and tolerance. In accordance to the religio

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