Friday, January 23, 2009

Boston Jane by Jennifer Holm

Hi guys! Sorry I haven't posted anything in a while. I have just finished the second book of The Boston Jane series. (I didn't read the first one.) Jane moves from Philadelphia because the man that she likes is moving out to Shoalwater Bay in Washington. He ends up marrying another woman, so she lives in Washington. At first, she hates it. She is the only girl that lives on the bay, and Jane has to live in a flea-invested cabin with a bunch of dirty men. One day she decides to take her first hot bath in months. When she is all ready and coming out of the cabin and she sees some men standing around her bath. Mr. Russel, the person that owns the cabin and forces her to do all of the mens' laundry and mend everything, says,"We thought that since you won't wash our shirts, we thought that we should do our laundry." Jane yelled at them and then left. One day, Jane decides to go back to Pennsylvania. When she is going around saying her goodbyes, she stops at a man's house. He has his leg broken, so he is in bed. He tells her about the silencers, who were famous fur trappers. Mr. Russel was among them, and a man that had come to Jane's cabin. Then he tells that Mr. Abe Black, the man that came to Jane's house, killed every single one of the silencers, except Mr. Russel because he was seeking revenge for being left to die on the ground. The silencers didn't leave him to die-they left him there because they thought Abe was dead. Jane had told Abe where Mr. Russel was, and Jane was worrying. Two men there, a Chinook man and a young man that Jane liked, not the one she came out west for though, were there working on the roof. They immediately took a canoe and provisions and walked down to the beach. Then , Jane decided to go with the men. they go up to where Mr. Russel is. Jane is called to fetch Mr. Russel, and she sees Abe pointing his gun at Mr. Russel. She quickly goes between them, and says that Abe should never kill Mr. Russel, and how good Russel is, (even though she wants to say how filthy he is!) and Abe lowers his gun. Just when Jane is at a loss for words, Jehu, the man that she likes that traveled with her to find Russel, and other men, all have their guns pointed at Abe, and Abe goes to jail. It ends up that Jehu buys Jane her own land, and they get married.

2 comments:

elisabeth said...

What an exceptional summary, Palina. Thank you for sharing! Love, Aunt Libby

Mamou said...

Ah Pali, I so enjoyed reading your description of the book, "Boston Jane." You made it sound as though it was a very exciting book.
However, I am having fits with your blog's refusal to accept me. I think I have spent 15 minutes. Let's see if this goes through.
Love you,
Mamou