Truth About Mary Rose [Paperback]

Marilyn Sachs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1987

Mary Rose is named after her aunt, who died in a fire five years ago--but not before she saved the lives of everyone in her apartment building. Mary Rose has a lot to live up to--but the more she learns about her aunt, the more confused she becomes. School Library Journal Best Book of the Decade.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

This third book about Veronica Ganz focuses on her 11-year-old daughter, who learns some difficult truths about an idolized deceased aunt. Ages 8-12.
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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Scholastic (May 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440468914
• ISBN-13: 978-0440468912
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,558,595 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A tragic story, December 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Truth about Mary Rose (Mass Market Paperback)

I read this book when I was 11 and I became intrigued about the late Mary Rose. Me and my little sister used to play Mary Rose all the time--my sister was Mary Rose and I was someone else. I loved Veronica and Sachs' other books about the gang. I wanted to read more about Veronica and Mary Rose and I wrote the author in 1988 asking her if she was going to write another book about the late Mary ROse and she said she didn't think she ever would because in order for this book to work, the late Mary Rose would have to remain a mysterious figure. It was a cool letter from Sachs; hand-written and it included an autographed picture bookmark and her home address in San Francisco on the envelope! She says that it is really up to the reader to decide whether or not the late Mary Rose was a hero. THis book was different from the others in the series in that it takes place nearly three decades after the others, and this book deals with a serious tragedy thirty years before, which traumatized the family. A good book, albeit sad.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fun book if you've read the "Veronica Ganz" books first, March 26, 2010

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Privacy, Please (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Truth About Mary Rose (Hardcover)

I enjoyed reading this book because I'd already read the books about Amy and Laura, Veronica Ganz and Peter Wedemeyer, and this book has Veronica Ganz all grown up, married with kids and living in the 1960s or very early 1970s. The previous books were very clearly set in the late 1930s or the 1940s, by the political references and other clues. Veronica now has kids of her own and one of them, Mary Rose, is named after her aunt Mary Rose, Veronica's sister. We learn that the first Mary Rose died tragically in a fire after saving everyone else in her apartment building. The second Mary Rose gets interested in learning about her late aunt, and in the process uncovers a hidden family secret. It was cool to see Veronica and her little brother Stanley all grown up. I would recommend this book but you should really read Marilyn Sachs' other books first, at least "Veronica Ganz" and "Peter and Veronica", so you'll have some idea who everybody is.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pleased to find a rare book., August 15, 2011

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This review is from: The Truth About Mary Rose (Hardcover)

Finally read the rest of a series I had discovered in grade school. Thanks for making it easy to find.