Synopsis: This is the second book in the Narnia series by C.S. Lewis. It is about four children Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy who discover the land of Narnia through a magical wardrobe and become the future kings and queens of Narnia after Aslan, kills the White Witch. First Lucy enters the wardrobe and discovers …
The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis Synopsis: This is a prequel to the Narnia Series. It is about the creation of the Narnia world by Aslan, the lion, a thousand years, before The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. It has parallels with the book of Genesis and the beginning of creation, original sin, and …
Synopsis: This is the third book in the Civil War Series by Lynn Austin. It is about a slave girl, Anna, and a slave boy, Grady Fletcher during the Civil War. Review: I also enjoyed this book and loved the historical context behind it. “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light …
Synopsis: This is a fiction book and the second book in the Civil War Series about Julia Hoffman, a Northern woman during the Civil War who sacrificed her family’s riches in order to be a nurse, and also Phoebe Bigelow, another Northern woman who disguised herself as a man in order to fight in the …
Synopsis: This is the first book in the Civil War Series about Caroline Fletcher, a Southern woman during the Civil War and the daughter of a wealthy slave-owning family from Richmond, Virginia. Her loyalties are torn between her father and her fiance, Charles St. John and the Confederate Cause and her slaves and fighting for …
Synopsis: This is a non-fiction book about Laura Ingalls Wilder, her life, childhood, and the truth behind the Little House Series. Review: I loved this book and found it to be very fascinating and interesting. If you are a fan of the Little House Series, I highly recommend this book. “As far as Laura was …
Synopsis: This is a fiction book that takes place during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl in Texas. It is about Elsa Wolcott. After she gets pregnant with the child of Rafe Martinelli, she is forced to marry him. However, Elsa does form a very close relationship with her in-laws, Rosa and Tony, whom are …
Synopsis: This is a fiction book that starts out in 1974 when the Allbright family moves from Seattle to Alaska. Leni is thirteen years old and lives with her mother, Cora, and her father, Ernt. Her father is a Vietnam Veteran and has PTSD after coming home from the war which results in him having …
White Oleander by Janet Fitch Synopsis: This book is about themes of motherhood and starts out when Astrid is twelve years old. She is artistic and very shy and lives with her manipulative mother, Ingrid. When Astrid is twelve, her mother gets arrested for the murder of her former boyfriend, Barry, from poisoning him with …
Synopsis: This is a coming of age novel about two friends Caitlin Somers and Victoria Leonard who spend every summer together as teenagers in Martha’s Vineyard. Caitlin is beautiful, popular and very outgoing while Victoria is more shy, withdrawn, and introverted. The book begins with Caitlin calling Victoria to tell her that she is marrying …
