In My Father's House [Turtleback]

Ann Rinaldi (Author)

Product Details

• Turtleback
• Publisher: Demco Media (November 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0606070125
• ISBN-13: 978-0606070126
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (69 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,883,115 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Historical Fiction!, May 11, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: In My Father's House (Point) (Paperback)

W0W! I'm currently studing the Civil War and let me just say... this book really blends in right with the time period! Its really just a great book for anyone to read, even without the intention of learning a little bit about the Civil War *2 thumbs up!*

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very interesting book!, December 22, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: In My Father's House (Point) (Paperback)

I am a female... and I wanted to say that this book showed me the civil war from a perspective I'd never seen before. It wasn't all history like a school book or something; most of it was plot, but it was educational and a lot of fun to read!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Tale for Mature Readers, July 25, 2006

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Green Marker Girl "Bernadette" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In My Father's House (Point) (Paperback)

In My Father's House follows a young Southern girl, Oscie Mason, as she lives twelve years of her life, plagued by the Civil War.

It all starts when Oscie's mother, Virginia, marries Will Mclean. Oscie does not like him, mostly because she is unwilling to allow her beloved father to be replaced. She is disrespectful and rude to him as often as possible, and the two fight with each other constantly, even when Oscie is only a little girl of seven.

But when Will Mclean buys a new slave, Mary Ann, Oscie is enraged. Oscie quickly finds that Mary Ann is evil, practicing voodoo, and is sure that she is set to curse the family. Meanwhile, talk of war is raging like wildfire.Will Mclean, or "Daddy Will" as the girls have come to call him, hires a yankee teacher, Button, to tutor the girls. Oscie grows attached to Button, and they become fast friends.

One night in January, upon the arrival of one life, another in the family is lost. This is the first tear in the family, and one in the many heartbreaks of Oscie herself.

This is a fabulous book. I could not put it down, and was finished with it in a matter of days. You have to be a mature reader to really enjoy the story though. Another Rinaldi triumph.