Moonshiner's Son

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Summary: Good Book 4 ages 10-12 (or 13)
Review: I liked this book a lot. I'm 14 and I really would not recconmend it for kids my age. The whole book was about Tom who was trying to win favor in his father's eye (in other words trying to make his father proud of him), and making moonshine. Tom loves to help his father make it, but he's never seen it in action. Will he change his mind? Is it really worth it? What about making his father proud? I think kids 10-12 would like this book. I think 13 year olds might read it but won't enjoy it as much as the younger kids. This is a good book for boys too. Hope this review helped.

Rating:
Summary: An Excellent Book
Review: Moonshiner's Son is a great book with an excellent story line. Tom Higgings is a moonshiner's boy. His dad's name is June Higgins,which is short for Junior Higgins. Tom's mother left his father because she didn't endorse the idea of moonshining when prohibition had forbidded it. Tom wants to be a moonshiner when he grows up but when Preacher Taylor moves to the remote hills of Virginia to setup a mission, he wanted to rid the hills of the "evils of liquor." The preacher also brought his daugher, Amy. Amy has an influence on Tom, no just any influence, but one like the Sun rising in the morning, if it didn't rise most people wouldn't go to work. When Tom meets Amy spoiling the mash in his father's still he feels a slight sensation that was different than others. Tom knows that the girl had to be rich,even though she wasn't, he didn't know that. Without Amy, this book wouldn't be as exciting. Amy persuades Tom that he shouldn't be a moonshiner when he grows up, especially after seeing what happened to Widow Brown, a beloved friend to Tom and his father, after some folks in a corn shuckling burnt down the barn after they got drunk drinking his fathers apple brandy. But Tom had to stick up to his father who expected him to be next moonshiner in the Higgins family. This would be the hardest thing that Tom would ever do in his life. This is the climax, without this event there would be no point in reading this book. But Tom didn't know what he would do if he wasn't going to be a moonshiner. But he knew that his dad was excellent at making chairs. Tom wanted to start making chairs. At the still his dad told him to keep it going but Tom had a knife and a block of wood. He sticks up to his father who slapped him and abused him for a few minutes. But Tom's dad soon realizes that moonshining wouldn't be the family tradition anymoreif Tom would teach his kid. He teaches Tom how to make chairs. This is an excellent part of the book. The characters in this book make it very exciting. There are events in this book that make it even more intriguing. But when the book reaches its climax, it is very thrilling. For people who love historical fiction, this is one of the best historical fiction books that I have read. Clearly, there are plenty of reasons to read Moonshiner's Son. One, it is very exciting. It is exciting that it is history. Two, it has plenty of action. If one important event in thee book is happening, another equally important is also. Three, it has a great risk taking stand that is exciting when at the climax. I have given a brief reccommendation for this book which isn't even as great as the book itself. Moonshiner's Son is a great book for people who enjoy fiction with a touch of history. It has a great introduction and an unpredictable ending. I would like Carolyn Reeder to write a sequel to Moonshiner's Son because I would like to know how Tom and his dad make out making chairs and if the emotions felt by Tom and Amy urge them to marry. Once again, this is very,very good book.

Rating:
Summary: This is a fantastic book to read
Review: The book is about a boy named Tom that is learning his family's trade, the art of making moonshine. All is going well until a preacher and his family move to the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains to rid the area of the "evils of drink". Tom then has to find out who is ruining his father's moonshine. The book truly gets exciteing when the preacher sends revenuers to his father.

I liked this book a lot because it wasn't very hard to get into for it was full of excitement. I didn't like the book because it could have been longer. This book is the best I have ever read. I would recomend it to any who enjoy a good adventure.