Synopsis: Coming of age amidst the seething unrest of the Civil War era, feisty fourteen-year-old Katie McCafferty infiltrates the Molly Maguires, a secret Irish organization, to rescue a lifelong friend. Under the guise of Dominick, a draft resister, Katie volunteers for a dangerous mission in hopes of preventing bloodshed. Katie risks job, family, and ultimately her very life to intervene. A series of tragedies challenge Katie's strength and ingenuity, and she faces a crisis of conscience. Can she balance her sense of justice with the law?I really liked this book. It was historical young adult fiction in the same style of the books by author Ann Rinaldi and of a book I also really loved: Annie Between the States by L.M. Elliott. The plot about Katie was very stunning and she was just so brave!
It really gives a good view in how it was to live as a young girl during the Civil War and during some horrible mine accidents. Recommended read if you are into historical fiction and in specific the Civil War period.
Thank you Marjolein for helping us spread the word about this Mom's Choice Award® winning book.
ReplyDeleteSounds great. I need to read some historical fictions.. :)
ReplyDeleteI was very disappointed with this book. The history in it is wrong. The "Molly Maguires" are a fiction made up by cruel mine owners. They were union men framed and Jack Kehoe was pardoned by the governor of PA Milton Shapp a hundred years later. The mine owners did the killing. Why don't people know their own history?
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