Broken Days [Paperback]

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0614290430
• ISBN-13: 978-0614290431
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,136,724 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

ANN RINALDI is an award-winning author best known for bringing history vividly to life. A self-made writer and newspaper columnist for twenty-one years, Ms. Rinaldi attributes her interest in history to her son, who enlisted her to take part in historical reenactments up and down the East Coast. She lives with her husband in central New Jersey.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An "interuption" on the Chelmsford family, by a relative!, May 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Broken Days (Quilt Trilogy #2) (Mass Market Paperback)

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.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of the Quilt Trilogy, April 9, 2000

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Christine Wallace - See all my reviews

This review is from: Broken Days (Quilt Trilogy #2) (Mass Market Paperback)

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for history lovers!, January 21, 2003

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Enne (Clevland, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Broken Days (Library Binding)

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!