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by Patricia MacLachlan; First Person POV; published in 1985.
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- Main characters:
1. Jacob (the father)
2. Anna (daughter; narrator)
3. Caleb (son)
4. Sarah
5. Maggie and Matthew (neighbors)
6. Seal (car)
- Setting: Sarah comes from Maine where her brother, a fisherman, recently got married. Leaving her to find a new home. Sarah moves to the mid-West (Kansa, Carry On My Wayward Son *gross sobbing*).
- Important Points:
1. Jacob stops singing when his first wife died during childbirth.
2. Sarah describes herself as stubborn and independent, she learns to drive a wagon and fixes the roof.
3. Maggie gives Sarah chickens and flowers to plant.
4. Jacob creates a big haystack to represent the duns that Sarah had in Maine.
5. The colors of the field remind her of her home. |
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by Karen Cushman; published in 1995; Historical Fiction.
- Major Characters:
1. Brat --> Beetle --> Alyce
2. Jane Sharp
3. Runt --> Edward
4. Cat --> Purr
5. Will Russett
6. Emma Blunt
7. Magister Reese
8. John and Jennet Dark --> named their inn The Cat and Cheese after Purr. |
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| The Midwife's Apprentice: Important Events |
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1. Meeting Jane Sharp.
2. Going to the fair and dubbing herself Alyce.
3. Helping Will give birth to Tansy's twins.
4. Helping Joan (the bailiff's wife)
5. Failing at Emma Blunt's labor. |
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1. Revealing the miller to be greedy: The miller caught in the act of putting some of Dick's granary's grain into his own sack. (Punishment: stand in the rain with his millstone around his neck)
2. Grommet and pockmarked pig boy representing lust: They were caught doing the deed. (Punishment: Grommet was made to spend the night in prayer and fasting)
3. Wat's gluttony: Wat caught finishing William Reeve's leg-of-mutton dinner.
4. Jack and his friends representing sloth: Jack and his friends not tending to Roger Mustard’s field like they were suppose to.
5. The baker and the midwife's affair was revealed, the baker's wife was there to see him step out of the trees with flowers and bread for Jane. |
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by Elizabeth George Spear; published in 1983; Historical Fiction, 3rd Person POV.
- Major Characters:
1. Matt (12 years old)
2. Saknis (Chief of the Beaver Clan)
3. Attean (Ponotska Indians)
4. Sarah (Matt's sister)
5. Ben the Gun Stealer
- Setting: Matt and his family move from Quincy, Massachusetts to Maine.
- Important Events:
1. Matt and his family spend time building a log cabin in Maine for their family.
2. Meeting Saknis and Attean when they rescue Matt from the river.
3. Attean and Matt kill a bear together.
4. Discovering that white men killed Attean's mom and dad, that's why his grandmother is untrusting of Matt.
5. Teaching Attean how to read using Robertson Crusoe.
6. Matt becoming protective over the rights of Indians and respecting their lifestyle.
7. Attean's journey to find his manitou. |
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| Gifts exchange between Matt and Attean |
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- From Attean to Matt: pair of snowshoes, basket of maple sugar, and the dog.
- From Matt to Attean: the watch that Matt's father passed down to him. |
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by Louis Sachar; published in 1998; Realistic Fiction.
- Major Characters:
- Stanley Yelnats
- Madame Zeroni
- Myra
- Elya Yelnats
- Katherine Barlow (Kissin's Kate Barlow)
- Sam the Onion Guy
- Mr. Sir
- Mr. Pendanski
- the Warden |
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1. Stanley --> the Caveman
2. Rex --> X-Ray
3. Alan --> Squid
4. Lewis --> Barf Bag
5. Jose --> Magnet
6. Theodore --> Armpit
7. Ricky --> Zigzag
8. Hector Zeroni --> Zero
9. Brian --> Twitch |
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