By Lisa Lewis Tyre
© 2015 Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin Group - NY, NY
ISBN# 978-0-399-16838-3
281 pgs
October 2015
*Goodreads Review*
Read by Dorothy Dillingham Blue
© 2015 Penguin Random House Audio - NY, NY
ISBN# 978-1-101-92627-7
ISBN# 978-1-101-92627-7
6 hours & 35 minutes on 6 discs
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Really lovely. The southern euphemisms sprinkled through the book had me laughing out loud. That did manage to garner me some strange looks as I did a good chunk of reading while waiting in the doctor's office!
The story centers around twelve year old Lou, who finds her Great-Great-Great-Grandmother's diary and learns that her family tree contains abolitionists, slave owners, rebels, and more. Armed with the diary and a tale of missing gold Lou's summer mission is to save her family's house from being acquired by the town and demolished. Lisa Lewis Tyre deftly explores issues of racism with characters that make you laugh and cry as you read of their triumphs and tribulations. Lou digs through the past in an attempt to undo wrongs from the past and the present, she believes in justice albeit by using some unorthodox ways. Appropriate for children age 10 and up.
The story centers around twelve year old Lou, who finds her Great-Great-Great-Grandmother's diary and learns that her family tree contains abolitionists, slave owners, rebels, and more. Armed with the diary and a tale of missing gold Lou's summer mission is to save her family's house from being acquired by the town and demolished. Lisa Lewis Tyre deftly explores issues of racism with characters that make you laugh and cry as you read of their triumphs and tribulations. Lou digs through the past in an attempt to undo wrongs from the past and the present, she believes in justice albeit by using some unorthodox ways. Appropriate for children age 10 and up.
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