“Charlotte’s Rose” is written by A.E. Cannon –
who’s evidently written a few children’s books. Charlotte’s Rose is a historical fiction and can be found in the
juvenile fiction.
It is told in first person through the eyes of a
girl named Charlotte Edwards who has left Wales to travel across the plains of
the US territory with her father in order to end up in Ogden, Utah. They take a boat from Europe to Boston and a
train from Boston to Iowa city where they are given handcarts and a weight
limit on all possessions.
Charlotte goes from being a girl to becoming a
woman – not necessarily just physical change but in Spiritual and emotional
growth as she travels across the plains with a newborn she didn’t realize would
be so much work. She learns about
compassion, community and sacrifice.
At the end of the book there is the author’s note
and references. What impressed me the most is that so many of the facts are
true.
I also like the 15 questions that follow the
author’s note. They are pitched to the
reader and remind me quite a bit of the questions that Jenna and I ask one
another as we pull out questions from the Ungame or journal jars which I
mention here and here.
I wish Jenna had been more interested in this book
– and one day she will.
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