Boston Jane
von Jennifer L. Holm
From School Library Journal Gr 6-10-Jennifer Holm's adventure story (HarperCollins, 2001) features a mid-19th century girl who grows from an 11-year-old tomboy, to a proper young lady in her mid-teens, and to an accomplished--albeit self-conscious--young woman who is able to withstand physical, emotional, spiritual, and social hardships. As the only child and only family of a Philadelphia doctor, Jane is first diverted from her natural course, which tends toward indulging in cherry pies and rough-housing with local boys, by the shame heaped on her by a snooty neighbor girl. Jane enrolls in Miss Hepplewhite's ridiculously pompous and airless "school" to improve her etiquette, embroidery skills and, ultimately, marriageability. Jane is in love with William, the young man who is interning with her father. When he heads West, Jane's heart goes with him. Several years later, in answer to his marriage proposal, Jane takes a four-month sail to reach William in the Pacific Northwest. During the trip, Mary, the servant girl, dies. When she arrives, William is away, and Jane finds a ragtag community of white male settlers (called "Boston" people by the natives) and Chinook Indians. In addition to enduring the tortures of frontier living, the teasing of the white men, and the cultural misunderstandings that impede her friendships with the Chinooks, Jane is haunted by Mary. Jessalyn Gilsig reads Jane's first person narrative with just the right amount of sprightliness and sardonic self revelation. The novel is littered with plot twists, foreshadowing, and purposefully one-dimensional characters. Jane's strength gives it substance, lifting her above the clutter of adventures in a literary, as well as a storied, manner.Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley Public Library, CACopyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. Product Description After moving to the Northwest to be with her true love, prim and proper sixteen-year-old Jane Peck of Philadelphia learns that living in the Washington Territory is something vastly different from her home back East and so must find the strength necessary to meet the many unexpected challenges ahead of her. By the author of Our Only May Amelia.
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Boston Jane
von Jennifer L. Holm
From School Library Journal Gr 6-10-Jennifer Holm's adventure story (HarperCollins, 2001) features a mid-19th century girl who grows from an 11-year-old tomboy, to a proper young lady in her mid-teens, and to an accomplished--albeit self-conscious--young woman who is able to withstand physical, emotional, spiritual, and social hardships. As the only child and only family of a Philadelphia doctor, Jane is first diverted from her natural course, which tends toward indulging in cherry pies and rough-housing with local boys, by the shame heaped on her by a snooty neighbor girl. Jane enrolls in Miss Hepplewhite's ridiculously pompous and airless "school" to improve her etiquette, embroidery skills and, ultimately, marriageability. Jane is in love with William, the young man who is interning with her father. When he heads West, Jane's heart goes with him. Several years later, in answer to his marriage proposal, Jane takes a four-month sail to reach William in the Pacific Northwest. During the trip, Mary, the servant girl, dies. When she arrives, William is away, and Jane finds a ragtag community of white male settlers (called "Boston" people by the natives) and Chinook Indians. In addition to enduring the tortures of frontier living, the teasing of the white men, and the cultural misunderstandings that impede her friendships with the Chinooks, Jane is haunted by Mary. Jessalyn Gilsig reads Jane's first person narrative with just the right amount of sprightliness and sardonic self revelation. The novel is littered with plot twists, foreshadowing, and purposefully one-dimensional characters. Jane's strength gives it substance, lifting her above the clutter of adventures in a literary, as well as a storied, manner.Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley Public Library, CACopyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. Product Description After moving to the Northwest to be with her true love, prim and proper sixteen-year-old Jane Peck of Philadelphia learns that living in the Washington Territory is something vastly different from her home back East and so must find the strength necessary to meet the many unexpected challenges ahead of her. By the author of Our Only May Amelia.
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