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Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Grade 6-9-In her pioneering village in rural New York, Hannah, 14, is feared to be a witch or sorceress because of her milk-colored eye. An outcast, she lives with her father on a remote farm on the outskirts of town. In his obsession to find the road to riches, he sells her off to two brothers as their servant girl and perhaps, in time, as a wife to one of them. Determined to find a way out of this "contract," Hannah befriends a mysterious stranger who lives in the woods and helps her run away. Despite being an apparent victim, Hannah is a character of undeniable strength and compassion. Frustrated that her father keeps bringing on mischief and affliction, she recognizes that he is "like a child sometimes, and [she] the mother taking care of him." She is indeed the constant that holds the homestead together until her world falls apart and her father acts out of desperation. This story is peppered with a unique blend of various genres and a clear foreshadowing of a plot shrouded in mystery. However, none of these elements is fully developed. The appeal of the book lies only in the sheer will and determination of the protagonist in the face of harsh realism.
Kimberly Monaghan, formerly at Vernon Area Public Library, IL
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Gr. 9-12. Like Watts' first novel, Stonecutter (2002), this moody, atmospheric story takes place in post-Revolutionary War Genesee Valley in upstate "York," and has a similar, suspenseful plot. To finance an ill-conceived treasure hunt, Hannah Renner's father, an alcoholic dreamer, sells her into service to the brutish Barrow brothers. Alone with the hulking angry men, deep in the woods, she secretly befriends another isolated youth, the gentle Brother Boy, an albino who lives in the wild. After Hannah learns that the eldest Barrow plans to marry her, the young friends run away, and a violent dramatic chase ensues. The happy ending is a bit too easily achieved, but it works well to highlight the vulnerability of youth; for although Hannah is a strong female character, with a clear sense of herself and her world, she is ultimately at the mercy of her father's choices, even as she recognizes that she is often more adult than he. Rebecca Platzner
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Grade 6-9-In her pioneering village in rural New York, Hannah, 14, is feared to be a witch or sorceress because of her milk-colored eye. An outcast, she lives with her father on a remote farm on the outskirts of town. In his obsession to find the road to riches, he sells her off to two brothers as their servant girl and perhaps, in time, as a wife to one of them. Determined to find a way out of this "contract," Hannah befriends a mysterious stranger who lives in the woods and helps her run away. Despite being an apparent victim, Hannah is a character of undeniable strength and compassion. Frustrated that her father keeps bringing on mischief and affliction, she recognizes that he is "like a child sometimes, and [she] the mother taking care of him." She is indeed the constant that holds the homestead together until her world falls apart and her father acts out of desperation. This story is peppered with a unique blend of various genres and a clear foreshadowing of a plot shrouded in mystery. However, none of these elements is fully developed. The appeal of the book lies only in the sheer will and determination of the protagonist in the face of harsh realism.
Kimberly Monaghan, formerly at Vernon Area Public Library, IL
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Gr. 9-12. Like Watts' first novel, Stonecutter (2002), this moody, atmospheric story takes place in post-Revolutionary War Genesee Valley in upstate "York," and has a similar, suspenseful plot. To finance an ill-conceived treasure hunt, Hannah Renner's father, an alcoholic dreamer, sells her into service to the brutish Barrow brothers. Alone with the hulking angry men, deep in the woods, she secretly befriends another isolated youth, the gentle Brother Boy, an albino who lives in the wild. After Hannah learns that the eldest Barrow plans to marry her, the young friends run away, and a violent dramatic chase ensues. The happy ending is a bit too easily achieved, but it works well to highlight the vulnerability of youth; for although Hannah is a strong female character, with a clear sense of herself and her world, she is ultimately at the mercy of her father's choices, even as she recognizes that she is often more adult than he. Rebecca Platzner
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
See all Editorial Reviews
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