Ratings
Violence: 2/5
Language: 2/5
Drug Usage: 0/5
Sexual Content: 0/5
Nudity: 0/5
Violence: People die and there are physical threats. Lou and Oz get in fist fights with other kids.
Language: Old terms here such as the N word and Yankee. Not everyone is offended by yankee but it is supposed to be derogative so I added it to our list. I think I only saw two swear words.
Summary
Precocious twelve-year-old Louisa Mae Cardinal lives in the hectic New York City of 1940 with her family. Then tragedy strikes – and Lou and her younger brother, Oz, must go with their invalid mother to live on their great-grandmother’s farm in the Virginia mountains.
Suddenly Lou finds herself coming of age in a new landscape, making her first true friend, and experiencing adventures tragic, comic, and audacious. When a dark, destructive force encroaches on her new home, her struggle will play out in a crowded Virginia courtroom…and determine the future of two children, an entire town, and the mountains they love. -David Baldacci (Click on his name to purchase it on Amazon).
Review
I haven't picked up my new book from the library yet because this one stuck to me. It was very refreshing to read a story that had mountains in it. I grew up close to the mountains next to me and there is something majestic about them that I miss now here in North Dakota.
Lou was spunky and her brother Oz is very observant and cautious. Their mixture is the perfect make up for siblings that love each other and help when needed even when nothing is said. You learn a lot about country life and all the trials it can hold for a small family and the community.
It began slowly but over time it picked up as you oriented yourself with the characters and changing landscape. I really love this book. I would share this with anyone who misses the mountains or is looking for some country life.
Buy it because I know I will at some point! :D
By: J Feistner
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