Pub Date: May 1, 2006
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2004002372
Lexile Code: 0710
Features: Bibliography, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 10 to 12
Physical Info: 0.80" H x 7.90" L x 5.00" W ( 0.55 lbs) 240 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States 20th Century | Girls and Women | Biographical | United States | Humorous Stories | Stories in Verse see also Poetry | Boys and Men | Short Stories | Ghost Stories | Family | Marriage and Divorce | Lifestyles | City and Town Life | Social Themes | SelfEsteem and SelfReliance | New Experience
Description: The joys, heartaches, fears, and struggles of 15-year-old Rose Frampton, who is in transition from child to woman in 1900 Brooklyn, are expressed in diary form as she tries to make a place for herself far from her family and familiar environment.
Brief description:
ANN RINALDI is an award-winning author best known for bringing history vividly to life. A self-made writer and newspaper columnist for twenty-one years, Ms. Rinaldi attributes her interest in history to her son, who enlisted her to take part in historical reenactments up and down the East Coast. She lives with her husband in central New Jersey.
Review Quotes:
"Rinaldi describes the teen's first year of marriage with grace, tact, and sensitivity."--School Library Journal
"Fans of romance will be swept up."--Publishers Weekly