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Truth About Mary Rose

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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.

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.

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

This is about a girl named Mary Rose.Since they moved to New York.Her family had been staying with her grandmother.That is her mothers mother and pam father mother.Pam and her tried to be with each other.As much as they can I recommend that. people should read this book because it has a great author and the book is good the book made me feel happy because the book is so interesting.

I have read Marilyn Sachs's previous books, "Amy and Laura", "Veronica Ganz", and this book is special. Why special? To start, there is Mary Rose Ramirez. If you're familiar with "Veronica Ganz" or "Peter and Veronica", or even "Amy and Laura", there's a character there, though very minor, named Mary Rose. This isn't the same Mary Rose, though. This Mary Rose was the second Mary Rose's aunt, but when the first Mary Rose was eleven, the second Mary Rose's age, she died saving all the people in her apartment building from a fire. Supposedly. But Mary Rose, the second one, wants to find more about the aunt that died young. Yet there's no pictures of Mary Rose that aren't covered in ash. So Mary Rose, and her cousin Pam decide to find out for themselves. Yet Pam, who's father is Veronica Ganz's stepbrother Stanley, doesn't want anything to do with the first Mary Rose, even if Mary Rose, the second, does. What follows is the second Mary Rose finding a box of Mary Rose's things that she somehow got out in the fire. Ms. Ganz, (yes, Veronica Ganz is the second Mary Rose's mother, surprisingly enough)helps Mary Rose and they both find more about the first Mary Rose. After a twist of turns, Uncle Stanley confesses that the first Mary Rose was a cruel and mean sister, and that he actually saved everyone, while the first Mary Rose would threaten that he would "get it" if he didn't save everyone. This interesting book shows some characters from previous books, and it is nice, like all Marilyn Sachs books, but this is a different kind of book, one that you read, like, and then you understand what the main idea is.