The Letter Writer
Kindle Edition
HarperCollins · Ebook · May 24, 2010
Eleven-year-old Harriet Whitehead is an outsider in her own family.
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- Who it’s for
- A quietly absorbing historical read with a warm tone and plenty of room to settle in.
- Genres
- Civil War Era YA, 19th-Century US YA, Prejudice & Racism for Teens
- Published
- HarperCollins, May 24, 2010
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Eleven-year-old Harriet Whitehead is an outsider in her own family. She feels accepted and important only when she is entrusted to write letters for her blind stepmother. Then Nat Turner, a slave preacher, arrives on her family’s plantation and Harriet befriends him, entranced by his gentle manner and eloquent sermons about an all-forgiving God.
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When Nat asks Harriet for a map of the county to help him spread the word, she draws it for him—wanting to be part of something important. But the map turns out to be the missing piece that sets Nat’s secret plan in motion and makes Harriet an unwitting accomplice to the bloodiest slave uprising in U.S. history. Award-winning historical novelist Ann Rinaldi has created a bold portrait of an ordinary young girl thrust in to a situation beyond her control.
Quietly Absorbing
A quietly absorbing historical read with a warm tone and plenty of room to settle in.
Come here for
- Warm, sustained immersion
- Teen-girl perspective with historical tensions
Expect
- Civil War-era and early American settings
- A long, narrative-driven stretch
Where it sits
| Civil War Era YA | 53% |
|---|---|
| Prejudice & Racism for Teens | 51% |
| 19th-Century US YA | 39% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Pet Stories
- Diverse YA Fiction
- YA Stories About Girls & Women
- War & Military YA
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- 19th-Century US YA
- Mexico for Teens
- Social Themes for Teens
- Prejudice & Racism for Teens
- Authors
- Ann Rinaldi
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 24, 2010
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- YA Pet Stories