Author: Laura Amy Schlitz
Lexile Score: 690
Genre: Historical fiction
Maturity level: 5th grade (seances?)
Pages: 400
Review in 25 words or less: Brutally tragic drama. Cheering for Maud, preparing yourself for a possible letdown. You want Hyacinth to love Maud for reasons she never will. Grade: A
Theme: Honesty, Mourning
Project ideas: Um, bring in a ouiji board?
First Line: On the morning of the best day of her life, Maud Flynn was locked in the outhouse, singing 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Main Character: Maud Flynn
Like a child on the shoulders, like tears on the face, like a poet among the letters on the moon, like dolphins on ocean, you are my angel, is the first and last paradise!
Posted by: Jordan retro 4 | July 09, 2010 at 04:31 AM