Our Only May Amelia
Jennifer L. Holm
HarperTrophy
253p pbk
0-06-440856-6
Genre: Historical (Newberry Honour Book)
The story is set in Washington State on the River Naselin the year 1899. The main character in the story is a Finnish girl named MayAmelia and the story is also written from her persepctive. May is always gettinginto trouble and keeps getting told to act like a young lady. She is the onlygirl born on the River Nasel until her sister comes along near the end but soondies and is buried on Baby Island. She has six brothers and one cousin who thefamily thinks of as a brother.
The story line in the book is really good because itcould really happen in real life. The recommended age is 9 though I think thatthe age should be about 11+ because of the grammar used. (e.g. speech marks arenot used when someone is speaking so it becomes difficult to understand whensomeone is speaking or to know who is speaking). The illustrations in the bookwerent that good because they didnt really mean anything and didnt showwhat was happening. The text for the recommended age of 9 was great because itwasnt all squashed up in tiny font.
If you like emotional storiesthis one would be good for you because when people die, or get sick, the storyis written in a way to make you cry or get upset. During the story there is aRed Scarlet Fever that makes half the town sick and nearly kills everyone inanother town.
