Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Together is all we need by Michael Phillips

Together is all we need: Mayme Daniels and Katie Clairborne are cousins-except one is white and the other is black. Katie is an orphan of the Civil War, while Mayme's mother was killed. Katie's family owned a plantation named Rosewood, and the two girls and a few friends have run it by hemselves, telling everyone in town the Clairbornes are still alive. But when an uncle of Katie shows up and claims it as his own, will they be able to keep it?

I found it very interesting that Katie and Mayme were practically sisters, though different colors. During the Civil War period most blacks were treated like trash. there are also three other books before the above, and they're all great too.


Hey russ-when's that train ticket coming?
i miss you guyses!!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I'm glad you liked the books as much as I did. I esp liked the way they are written in a christian style but not preachy. Going to see places I read about is so great.We saw rome! and greece! and epheses where paul preached! Saw Pompei and mt vesusvius! What are you studying right now? I brought home some info about each place,plus Turkish Delight!

...I just think of these things, and then I don't feel so bad!

  • Barnes and Noble (and books in general)
  • birthday parties
  • friends
  • fun words (like effervescent and uber)
  • knitting
  • learning languages
  • RUF
  • Scrabble...and other word games
  • skiing
  • sleep-overs
  • swimming
  • tea
  • traveling (not the car part, so much!)
  • weddings
  • writing fantasy stories