Amelia's War

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Summary: Amelia's War: Worth the Read
Review: Amelia's War, a historical fiction novel by Ann Rinaldi, takes place in Hagerstown, Maryland, at small town caught in the middle between the Confederacy and the Union in the year 1862. Amelia Grafton is the 13-year-old daughter of a staunch Union man, and is determined to stay neutral and not take part in the war going on around her. Mr. Dechart, the father of Amelia's friend Josh, is arrested after he publishes an article with southern leanings in his newspaper. Because he learned of the story he wrote about from Amelia, Amelia decides to not interfere with anything related to all the chaos anymore. Less than a year later, Jinny Pearl, Amelia's older brother Wesley's girlfriend, decides to disguise herself as a man and runs away to join the army. All around her, Amelia's friends and family are making decisions and joining in the war, be it in the army or helping out at hospitals. Amelia hasn't made it her war, like everyone else has. Jinny tells her "It isn't your time yet, that's all... when the time comes, you'll know it." Amelia's War is a fabulously accurate account of the American Civil War and how its wake took a toll on the people of Hagerstown. Rinaldi's vivid snapshot passages bring the compelling tale alive with the characters and surroundings that shape Amelia's life. "There he sat in a place of honor, all gussied up in his new cavalry uniform with the sash around his waist, the sword, and the hat turned up on one side with a feather. And those shiny boots..." Amelia's War is an intriguing story of "danger and menace, loyalty and love, during a war in which not all the casualties are on the battlefield, and some of the deepest wounds are invisible." When the final chapter is read and the answer to how Hagerstown got away with paying a lesser ransom to General McCausland without even knowing it is realized, Rinaldi's work seems nearly perfect in its conclusion.

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Summary: Amelia's War: Worth the Read
Review: Amelia's War, a historical fiction novel by Ann Rinaldi, takes place in Hagerstown, Maryland, at small town caught in the middle between the Confederacy and the Union in the year 1862.Amelia Grafton is the 13-year-old daughter of a staunch Union man, and is determined to stay neutral and not take part in the war going on around her.Mr. Dechart, the father of Amelia's friend Josh, is arrested after he publishes an article with southern leanings in his newspaper. Because he learned of the story he wrote about from Amelia, Amelia decides to not interfere with anything related to all the chaos anymore. Less than a year later, Jinny Pearl, Amelia's older brother Wesley's girlfriend, decides to disguise herself as a man and runs away to join the army. All around her, Amelia's friends and family are making decisions and joining in the war, be it in the army or helping out at hospitals. Amelia hasn't made it her war, like everyone else has. Jinny tells her "It isn't your time yet, that's all... when the time comes, you'll know it." Amelia's War is a fabulously accurate account of the American Civil War and how its wake took a toll on the people of Hagerstown. Rinaldi's vivid snapshot passages bring the compelling tale alive with the characters and surroundings that shape Amelia's life. "There he sat in a place of honor, all gussied up in his new cavalry uniform with the sash around his waist, the sword, and the hat turned up on one side with a feather. And those shiny boots..." Amelia's War is an intriguing story of "danger and menace, loyalty and love, during a war in which not all the casualties are on the battlefield, and some of the deepest wounds are invisible." When the final chapter is read and the answer to how Hagerstown got away with paying a lesser ransom to General McCausland without even knowing it is realized, Rinaldi's work seems nearly perfect in its conclusion.

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Summary: Living During the Confederacy
Review: Amelia's War, written by Ann Rinaldi is a historical fiction novel. This story takes place in Hagerstown, Maryland, with a family consisting of Amelia, her mom, her dad, and 2 brothers, Wes and Sky, the whole family was caught in the middle of the Civil War, which was moving closer, and closer to Amelia's family. All love in the city have lost it for one another as some people savor the south and some savor the north. One of the most dynamic events that Amelia first sees is a young man who joins the Confederate army and who soon is shot by a mob. Amelia soonly tells a newspaperman, who prints the story. The journalist soon is arrested for southern leanings and his newspaper business is soonly wrecked by a vicious angry mob. Because she feels she made the harm for the journalist she decided to take no sides and stay as much as possible out of the war. The journalist's son, who is one of Amelia?s good friends stays in the abandoned workshop and lives there. She helps him out by taking him food and going to visit him so he wont be alone. Finally the war moves so close to Amelia and her family that she cant keep her vow that she wouldn?t get into the war. When the confederate army is about to occupy the town, Josh decides and goes to interview a Southern general or as known his uncle. He returns a reluctant courier, with awful news. If the townspeople cannot come up with $200,000.00 to pay the Southern army, Hagerstown will be burned or the town will no longer exist. Amelia saves the town by taking an awful and deadly judgment she secretly paints over a zero on the order that Josh has been carrying around with him, making the cost 20,000.00. I must say that I enjoy this book because it was about the confederacy and if you enjoy learning and reading about the confederacy then you will enjoy this book.I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read about the confederacy.

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Summary: A realistic, moving story.
Review: Ann Rinaldi's Amelia's War ... tells of a girl who sees herMaryland town changed by the Civil War. Friends are taking sides,families split - as much as Amelia tries to stay neutral, the wargradually affects her life. A realistic, moving story.

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Summary: Amelia's War
Review: I just finished reading this book and it was great! I was recommended to me by a friend and I am sure glad I read it. It is about a girl named Amelia who is growing up in the Civil War and lives in Hagerstown, Maryland. She is for the Union and is having a hard time dealing with war times. And to make matters harder she has a friend by the name of Josh that has southern leanings and has made a pact with him to stay friends through and through. But Josh was the nephew of General McCausland and when he comes to town it puts their pact to the test. This book was even more interesting to me because I live very near to Hagerstown and the town I live in was mentioned several times in the story. This book rocks and you should definitely read it!

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Summary: Wonderful
Review: I just finished this book literally five minutes ago. It's Friday night and normally the last thing I would be doing is reading but this book is different. I even declined going to a party just so I could finish it. It has everything you would ever want in a book especially a wondrful ending. You can really see how Maryland was cut in to by the Civil War. My favorite part is when Josh's Uncle is going to burn the town unless he gets 200,000 dollars and Amelia...Well I won't tell you what happens. Ann Rinaldi took a true fact of History and made a thrilling book. I highly reccomend it. (It is not my favorite of her books though, I prefer the Last Silk Dress and A Break With Charity).

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Summary: Wonderful
Review: I just finished this book literally five minutes ago. It's Friday night and normally the last thing I would be doing is reading but this book is different. I even declined going to a party just so I could finish it. It has everything you would ever want in a book especially a wondrful ending. You can really see how Maryland was cut in to by the Civil War. My favorite part is when Josh's Uncle is going to burn the town unless he gets 200,000 dollars and Amelia...Well I won't tell you what happens. Ann Rinaldi took a true fact of History and made a thrilling book. I highly reccomend it. (It is not my favorite of her books though, I prefer the Last Silk Dress and A Break With Charity).

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Summary: Amelia's War
Review: I thought this book was interesting because it tell the story of one place being divided on separate sides a war. Also because it tells alot of facts about Maryland's history. Amelia is not going to take sides in this war. Her and her frined Josh are fighting beacause Amelia is not helping this war and he feels that she should take part in it herself (not join the war but help out somehow). Her brother Wes goes off and joins the army,Her mother goes an starts working at the hospital she made a promise to God that she would help in the war somehow because she wanted to help her son out because she was scared. After the tragic death of Amelia's best friend dies in the war and Josh felt like she should be notifed first if anything happened to him . Overall the story was really exciting and it kept me interested throughout the whole book. Not knowing what will happen next. If you want to find out what happens read Amelia's War .

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Summary: Living During the Confederacy
Review: Living During the Confederacy

Amelia's War, written by Ann Rinaldi is a historical fiction novel. This story takes place in Hagerstown, Maryland, with a family consisting of Amelia, her mom, her dad, and 2 brothers, Wes and Sky, the whole family was caught in the middle of the Civil War, which was moving closer, and closer to Amelia?s family. All love in the city have lost it for one another as some people savor the south and some savor the north. One of the most dynamic events that Amelia first sees is a young man who has joins the Confederate army is shot by a mob. Amelia soonly tells a newspaperman who prints the story. The journalist soon is arrested for southern leanings and his newspaper business is soonly wrecked by a vicious angry mob. Because she feels she made the harm for the journalist she decided to take no sides and stay as much as possible out of the war. The journalist?s son, who is one of Amelia?s good friends stays in the abandoned workshop and lives there. Finally the war moves so close to Amelia and her family that she cant keep her vow that she wouldn?t get into the war. When the confederate army is about to occupy the town, Josh decides and goes to interview a Southern general or as known his uncle. He returns a reluctant courier, with awful news. If the townspeople cannot come up with $200,000.00 to pay the Southern army, Hagerstown will be burned. Amelia saves the town by taking an awful risk; she secretly paints over a zero on the order that Josh carries, leaving the town the task of coming up with just $20,000.00. I must say that I enjoyed this book because I like ready about that war and what had gone on in the past. It was an exciting book and I would recommend it to anyone who likes to read about the past.

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Summary: Vidya's Book Review
Review: Tears came to my eyes. I didn't want to leave him here like this, with this evil man who had eyes that could fry you. It wasn't fair that the whole burden of things should be on my father. People had talked about money making in the war and insulted Mama about it. Where were those people now? Gone, fled and skedaddled like the mayor. And here was my father, trying to do right for all of them, in his gentle and becalming way.
In Ann Rinaldi's Amelia's War, a young girl around the age of eleven, named Amelia takes her mother's words to heart. The first time she took part in a conflict, there were some serious consequences with his friend, Josh. Soon, she vows to stay out of any war and remain loyal to people she cares about. The Civil War began. Amelia helps Josh survive through the war alone. Josh has an interest in writing, not fighting. Can Amelia convince her brother, Wes, not to join the army? Can Amelia and Josh get along in spite of their differences? Can Amelia stay in Hagerstown after a tragedy disrupts?
This book is good for boys and girls of all ages. Boys will enjoy the fighting and action. Girls will enjoy Amelia and her thoughts. Tucked along the way are some interesting pieces of information about Hagerstown, Maryland during the Civil War. Ann Rinaldi is the author of Wolf by the Ears and In My Father's House. These books including this book has won awards.