Saturday, July 22, 2006

Whispers of War- Diary

This book is about the difficultites Susannah Merrit and her family go through during the war in 1812. Both her father who has a high ranking and the militarym and her brother a going to fight, mening that they wouldnt see eachother very often. During this time her eldest sister gets a baby, her second eldest sister is betrothed, her friend's father is convicted of not participating in the war and is fined $200. That was alot of money in their time!! She met some very special people and learned many new things about life, frinedship and war.

2 Comments:

At 3:19 a.m., Blogger teens@mpl said...

BK,

This is a different period in history. Is it set in America or Canada?

Great to have another good read but especially, an historical read.

Catherine

 
At 12:35 a.m., Blogger teens@mpl said...

Mina,

The War of 1812 was a dispute between Canada and the U.S. over borders. It also involved Great Britain.

Catherine

 

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