Bibliography: Godbersen, Anna. (2009). Splendor: A Luxe Novel. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN: 978-0061626319
Plot Summary: Elizabeth is determined to be a good wife and mother. She doesn’t love her new husband, but she is grateful to him until she starts to uncover details about his past dealings with her father. Her sister, Diana is determined to [...]
11 Jul, 2010
Posted by: Susan In: Children's Lit| Virtual Lit
As mentioned briefly here, I am joining Amber at The Literary Wife in an informal reading challenge of sorts as we read and blog our way through the top 100 children’s books as voted on by readers of Elizabeth Bird’s A Fuse #8 Production.
Banks, Lynne Reid. (1980). The Indian in the Cupboard. [...]
Weeks, Sarah. 2004. So B. It: a novel. New York: Laura Geringer Books.
Heidi It knows little about herself or her family at the beginning of Sarah Weeks’ novel So B. It. Heidi narrates the story herself, and the plot of the novel revolves around the important discoveries that she makes about her life at the [...]
Bibliography:
Godbersen, Anna. 2007. The Luxe. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN: 9780061345661.
Plot Summary:
The Holland sisters are old money in 1890s New York. But since their father died, their financial circumstances have run into problems. Beautiful and prim Elizabeth agrees to marry Henry Schoonmaker to save her family, although she loves someone else. Her fake [...]
Bibliography:
Farmer, Nancy. 2002. The House of the Scorpion. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. ISBN: 0689852223.
Plot Summary:
Matteo Alacran is definitely not like other kids. He spends the first part of his childhood hidden away and cared for by a housekeeper named Celia. Once he is discovered by children from the “Big House”, he spends [...]