by Retired Reviewer | Jul 17, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Young Adult
Violet Dancey is a Mississippi girl trying to keep it together while she mourns her twin brother Rush, who died in the Civil War. Surrounded by new family members, and without her father, she manages to figure it all out in the end. [alert...
by Site Owner | Sep 23, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction, Young Adult
A New Twist on Bluebeard By Jane Nickerson Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 339 pages Strands of Bronze and Gold by Jane Nickerson is, as stated on the cover, a retelling of the Bluebeard fairy tale. After the death of her father, red-haired,...
