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Hope's Crossing

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This book is an inspiring book. One reason is because Hope Wakeman tries to get to her family after Tories raid her home and put it afire. Every chance I got, I would read "Hope's Crossing". Joan Elizibeth Goodman is a really good author. Goodman really can make a boring book into a really good book(keeping it as the author's book.)
But one thing I don't get is that a Loyalist(like Pruitt Jones) would help a lonely Patriot. Joan can really think about what she writes into a book. I would have never thought of that sort of book!!! It was a REALLY great book.
FOR ANYONE WHO READS THIS REVIEW: It was written by my daughter who is 10 yrs old...I'm very proud of her and her opinions and how well she stated them....Thank you!!

In just one November night one girl's life can change forever! READ THIS BOOK if you want to find out why an around thirteen- year old girl named Hope Wakeman has to be called Hope Jones!

During the Revolutionary War, Hope gets taken from her home in Connecticut and made a slave for Noah Thomas and his family. His family includes him, his selfish wife, Mother Thomas (who really didn't want to make Hope work), and their baby. My favorite part of the story was when Hope climbs out of a window and climbs down a tree when she is afraid of heights! The saddest part was when someone dies of small pox but I'm not going to tell you who. Mother Thomas is a gentle woman, and she and Pruitt Jones are Hopes foes (from the war) but help her anyway!

At the opening of this book I told people to never ever read it but later on in the story I would definitely recommend it. It turns out to be really dramatic, but the beginning was kind of dull. That's my opinion. If you want to find out your opinion... READ THE BOOK!

The book I read is called Hope's Crossing. I thought this book was very good. It was written by Joan Elizabeth Goodman. Joan Goodman has written many books includingThe Brooklyn Bridge,The Great Pyramid, The Great Wall,The Roman Colosseum, The Panama Canal, Machu Picchu, Hoover Dam, and Tikal. She has a degree from Bank Street College of Education. She was a teacher for New York public schools. This book is about a girl named Hope. Her father has gone away to fight in the Revolutionary War. The other people in the war that her father is not fighting for have come to Hope's house to get Hope's Father. Since he is not there they take Hope instead. The rest of the story is about Hope's journey back to her home.
The time period is in 1777 and 1778.This book is a little hard to read because the dialogue that is used is in the time of the Revolutionary War. In the dialogue the person who is talking uses words like tis, and sayings like thank you, no and other sayings that people today would not use.
The most important aspect is that Hope's father when he left to fight told Hope to "be brave." Through out the story Hope repeats her father's words in her head. This is how she concurs her fear of heights and, does many other things.
The most important characters are Hope and Mother Thomas. The story is from Hope's point of view and Hope is the one who the book is always talking about. Mother Thomas is one of the man's mothers who took Hope. Mother Thomas leaves her home with her son to help Hope get Back home. If it wasn't for Mother Thomas Hope would have been sold to be a slave. Hope hears that Noah, the person who took Hope wants to sell her to a slave owner. Hope tells what she heard to Mother Thomas and she helps Hope escape.
The author chose to write about this because every time she went to the beach that was near by where she lived she would pass a statue that was of people in the Revolutionary War. Later after seeing these she decided to make a story that was in the Revolutionary War time period.
The author doesn't chose one side or another. Hope starts out by thinking all people on the other side were bad then, she learns that there are many nice people who try to help her who are on the other side.
I liked this book a Lot. It was well organized, accessible and written. I liked that it was written in a way that you felt like you were there. I would recommend this book to you if you like to read realistic fiction.

I really liked this book. Of course, I like most books having to do with the Revalutionary War. I thought that this book was really good and I liked how each character was interesting in their own ways. Hope, a patriot, had to live with, and pretend to be, tories (British) for months, plus she contracted the small pox, was used as a slave, and many other things happened. This is a good book althought the ending could have been made more interesting. Plus, I would like to have known what happened to the family and the town.

If this is your first Revonutionary War book, than you will enjoy it.

However, this is like the hundreds of of other war books. First, getting separated from parents, then getting small pox, then trying to get back to the parent.

Hope's Crossing is very well written, but you don't get pulled into the story. I didn't feel any connection with the main character.

It was good that Hope wasn't perfect, because like everyone, she was snotty sometimes.

This is a good book to read for passing time, but if you want to get hooked with a story, I wouldn't advise Hope's Crossing.

Hope's Crossing is a great and funfilled book. Joan Elizabeth Goodman really details her writing to make you feel like you are Hope, and makes you think what you would do if you were in the situation that she is in. It is about a girl named Hope who gets kidnapped from tories after they raided her home in Fairfield, Connecticut. She is taken to Long Island, New York where she works for one of the torie's wife Elspeth. Then one night she plans to run away with another character in the book. This book will make you never want to stop reading it. Find out what she does on her escape by reading this book. I really suggest you do. Enjoy!!!

Hope's Crossing is a great and funfilled book. Joan Elizabeth Goodman really details her writing to make you feel like you are Hope, and makes you think what you would do if you were in the situation that she is in. It is about a girl named Hope who gets kidnapped from tories after they raided her home in Fairfield, Connecticut. She is taken to Long Island, New York where she works for one of the torie's wife Elspeth. Then one night she plans to run away with another character in the book. This book will make you never want to stop reading it. Find out what she does on her escape by reading this book. I really suggest you do. Enjoy!!!

Hope's Crossing by Joan Elizabeth Goodman is about a girl named Hope Wakeman. It takes place in the year 1778 and 1779. Hope lives with her family in Fairfield, Connecticut. They support the Revolution, and Mr. Wakeman is off fighting the war with General Washington. But one night, a group of four Tories comes and raids the Wakeman's house. They take all the valuables - including Hope - and set the house on fire. Hope is left with that picture, of her mother and three younger siblings and two serving girls standing outside their burning home. The Tories take her to Long Island and she is forced to work for Noah Thomas and his cruel wife, Elspeth. While there, Hope meets Noah's mother, Mother Thomas, who wants to leave just as much as Hope does. Together they escape in the middle of the night and journey to New York City in hopes of getting Hope back to Connecticut and her family. However, while in New York, tragedy strikes, leaving Hope to wonder if she can continue the journey to her family, or if she should just give up hope.

"Hope's Crossing" was a neatly told historical fiction with the twist and turns neatly put - in other words, it's predictable. Not too many Revolutionary War books deal with child kidnapping, so this may open your eyes to that bit of knowledge. I don't really think that they would kidnap a child under those circumstances, say they wanted ransom, but leave know hint of where to give the ransom. The ending came a little too quick and easy; there should have been some more obstacles for Hope. The epilogue was very short, and only gave historical facts, not what happened to the people in the book. From the author's note, I presume that she borrowed the name Wakeman, since Joan Elizabeth Goodman mentioned how she grew up with Wakeman's. A decent historical fiction, as long as you don't analyze it too much. I recommend.

I hoped this book would be better. It is about a girl named Hope who is captured by Tories during the American Revolution. Despite the fact that it was war, the idea of a 13 year old girl being captured seemed exagerated. Plus, the hardships she endured seemed exagerated as well. The people who captured her were unrealistically cruel, and the part about the mother of the man who captures her, is also unrealistic. The old lady is too nice. The parts about Hope missing home are realistic, though. However, aside from the old lady dying of a disease, the ending was too neat. The epilogue said Hope's town was later burned, but failed to mention what happened to the characters. It mentioned the story was fictional, but failed to mention if the Wakemans, Hope's family, were fictional. One would assume they are, except the author, who grew up in Hope's town, which was real, mentioned a family named the Wakemans. It should have mentioned whether it was a coincedince, if the author borrowed the name for fictional people, or if she used real people and made up their experiances. All in all, this novel was a dissapointment.