I loved this book. It's a historical fiction, and I usually don't like those type very much, but I enjoyed this one. This book is about a boy named Amos, and how he grows up into a grown man after his mother dies. They travel the Oregon trail, and he suffers heartbreak, and looses people he loves...
Check out more of my reviews at:http://lovingliteraturemrsking.blogsp...I really had no expectations for When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt. I picked it up because a few of my students had read it this past year. Going in, I didn’t remember at all what it was about when I ...
A series of vignettes tells the story of five generations of a Louisiana family. The first is Rose, who in 1939 is forced to drop out of high school and get a job in order to help support her newly-single mother and siblings. The ensuing chapters tell the pivotal moments in the lives of her des...