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.

Boxcar Children

I am finished with Little Women, but I am reading the Boxcar Children. they think there is something mysterious in the old caboose. I'll post more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Calls

Jo and Amy are making calls. They are going to people's houses and listening to stories. Right now they are at the Lambs house. Amy is turning red because Jo is telling stories about her.

I'll keep posting!

The Fairies of NutFolk Woods

Hello!I know I haven't posted in a long time. I am still reading Little Women, but I'm in the second part! Beth recovered from scarlet fever, but she is always going to be a little sick.

MEG HAS GOTTEN MARRIED!!! Meg just had a wedding. It wasn't a fancy wedding, just one with all of their friends. Meg married John Brooke, Laurie's tutor, who got a tiny house for them, but it is beautiful.

Amy is sixteen, and I am reading about what art she had done. She had done plaster and clay, sketching, crayon drawings, and even more!

Can't wait to post more!

Vacation

I haven't posted in a while because we were on vacation in California. The book we are reading now is The Fairies of Nutfolk Woods. It is about a girl named Willa Jane, her mother, and an old lady-Mrs. Wicket. Willa keeps on seeing fairies, but she doesn't know what they are! We have only read 1/8 of the book, but I'll keep posting!

Literary Letter

Dear Mamou,
Hello! How are you? I am reading Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. The genre is realistic fiction. I really, really enjoy it. Here is my summary.
Little Women is about four girls; Meg, Amy, Jo, and Beth; that have problems in their lives. Amy; the youngest; has to go to mean Aunt March's house. Meg; the oldest; gets teased by funny Laurie next door. Jo; the second oldest; has a bubbling temper that explodes, and then Beth had a baby die on her lap from scarlet fever, and then Beth caught it! A problem for all of them was that Mother went away to cure Father when Beth was sick.
There is a lot of happiness, too. Jo and Laurie have jokes and races. Meg enjoys herself doing who-knows-what. Beth plays the piano and does other things, too. Amy draws and does somethings that I do not know.
That is mostly what I've read in the last couple of days.
The character I like the most is Beth because she never complains and I respect that.
Your granddaughter,
Palina

The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin

The Rough-Face girl lives on Lake Ontario in wigwams. The rough-Face girl (tends the fire, and gets burnt and scarred, and that is why she was called The Rough-Face Girl), lives with her very poor father and two older and hard-hearted sisters. Her sisters ask for beautiful things and their father gives them those things. They proudly stride through the village wearing these things. They do this because they want to marry the Invisible Being. The Invisible Being is a man who is so big . Many women wanted to marry him, but no one could see him, so no one could marry him. The sisters did not answer the questions that the I.B.'s sister asks them. One day, the rough-face Girl asks her father kindly for some pretty things, but the father has none. Instead, he only has some broken shells. The rough-face girl wears these and also makes some strange clothing. After this, she walks through the village, and people laugh and yell at her. But still, she keeps walking to marry the I.B. When she comes to the I.B.'s home, the sister of the I.B. asks the same questions the sister asked the two older sisters. The rough-face girl gets the questions right!!!!!!!! The rough-face girl gets to marry the Invisible Being and they never have parted.