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Broken Days (The Quilt Trilogy, Book 2)

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Broken Days is a very good book, about growing up in the Chelmsford family. The Chelmsfords consisted of 5 children, three girls and 2 boys. This book is narrated by the youngest child's daughter, Ebie. Ebie's grandfather is stiff and gruff, and seems to have no love for Ebie. His favorite child,Thankful, dissapeared about 20 years ago, and he has missed her tremendously ever since. When Thankful's daughter shows up at the Chelmfords, nobody believes that she is a Chelmsford, except Ebie. Years ago, before Thankful's daughter and Ebie were ever born, the three daughters, Hannah, Abby, and Thankful, made a family quilt. If Walking Breeze, Thankful's daughter, had Thankful's piece of the quilt, nobody would question her. Everybody would know she was a Chelmsford. Ebie saw the quilt, and got jealous that her grandfather would love Walking Breeze, not her. So, Ebie decicdes to get rid of the quilt, knowing what shame will hang over her. Not Rinaldi's best book, but not her worst at all. This book is an excellant book, showing what life in the 1810's was like, when someone walked right in on your family, disturbing everything. I recommend this book to anybody who loves historical fiction, or anybody who likes to read what growing up in another time was like. Like most of Rinaldi's books, Broken Days is about coming of age, in some way or another.

Broken Days was definitely the best out of the Quilt Trilogy Books. It was so adventurous. A Stitch in Time wasn't great, but I totally think Broken Days was the best! I would definitely recommend this book because it is so real and it keeps continuing with the Chelmsford family.

I really think people should read this book. I liked the first one better but this one is just as good. Heres a summary:
After her mom dies, walking brezee comes to live with the chelfsfold family. But Ebie (the narator) doesn't believe she is really related to them. But Walking Brezee brings Thankfuls quilt (the sisters were working on one in the first book). Ebie still thinks she's an imposter so she hides the quilt.
I won't give away anymore! But if you liked the first book you'll like this one too!

I think that Broken Days was a good book on the prospective of Indian's in the west, but it didn't have much to do with the Chelmsford's family. I think Ebie was a good character described in great detail and very emotional. I could understand Ebie's feelings and emotions very well. Walking Breeze was also a good character who was very mysterious. I think Ann Rinaldi included many historical facts which were very interesting.

This book was awesome. You should read a stitch in time first.
The whole idea of the book was really cool. This is definite must to read. If you love historical fiction this is the book for you.

Broken days is on of the best and most compelling books I have ever read. I enjoyed the real life characters but I most like Ann Rinaldi's writing style. She gives vivid, descriptive words that make me feel like I aws really there in the story. And this comes from the mouth of a 9 year old that read this with no questions of meanings of words asked,just of wonder and amazment.

A story of the next generation of the women of the family from a Stitch in Time. Only read this if you have read the first book and please keep in mind that Rinaldi has written even better books than this so if this series is the first taste of her you have had there is better to come.

Don't get me wrong, this book was wonderful. I guess I should have read A Stitch in Time first, cause this wasn't quite as appealing to me as all of the other Rinaldi books I've read. Ebie lives with her Aunt Hannah. When the mysterious Indian girl Walking Breeze comes, claiming to be the "long-lost" Aunt Thankful's daughter, Ebie feels that the love her grandfather is only beginning to show for her is vannishing because of her.
Ebie selfishly tries to rid Walking Breeze of the only evidence she has of belonging to the family, a scrap of quilting. I loved this book! You should read it.

This book was great! It's amazing how Rinaldi was able to continue a book that was terrific alone without ruining the first one's depth and emotion. I loved it, and I'm sure anyone who read the first one will love it too!

ann rinaldi must have studied that time period very much. she must have known what it was like. she described it well, and i think the book should receive a newberry award.