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Summary: Insightful, well~written, I couldn't put it down!!
Review: Rebecca Galloway meets Tecumseh at age 7 and through the years her friendship deepens into love. Now will she give up poineer life for Tecumseh and his ways?? I loved this book, and Ann Rinaldi didn't let me down.
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Summary: The Second Bend in the River
Review: The Second Bend in the River describes a young girl named Rebecca Galloway who falls in love with the great Indian leader, Tecumseh. Her family had moved to the Ohio territory to escape slavery in the newly formed United States of America. Beginning in the summer of 1798, the book traces Rebecca's life to 1813, during the War of 1812 with Great Britain.
When Rebecca first meets Tecumseh, she is only about seven years old, and their first conversation is really cute ("Tecumtha"). From that point on, Tecumseh and Rebecca develop a riveting friendship that eventually warms into deep love. Rebecca teaches Tecumseh some English while he teaches her how to canoe and some aspects of his heritage. The book goes on to cover Rebecca's growing up, the Galloway family (her many brothers and one sister), the town events and people, the hardships of life in the woods, and the people's distrust of Indians. All this gave me an insight of what life was like in the early 1800s, but oftentimes, I wondered when the book was going to get back to Tecumseh and Rebecca. Plus, the action could have been more in depth, for some parts were a little dry, and I suppose more description could have been used, although I thought the love between Tecumseh and Rebecca was depicted very sweetly. By the end, only the most stoic of readers will not utter a cry of empathy.
As she matures, her love for the Indian chief grows deeper, and in the end, she has to make a crucial decision that will affect the "fate of thousands." A bittersweet ending, but a good one nonetheless.
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Summary: It is definately worth your time.
Review: The Second Bend in the River is a moving peice of Rinaldi's that demonstates a historical setting with characters that have personalities very similar to those of people around today, who would probably react in the same way to problems. The surpreme amount of facts supported by creative genius provides a realistic historical novel that you can never lose intrest in. It gives insight to problems, such as should Rebecca marry Tecumseh. It keeps your intrest to the end. An unquestionable masterpeice for young adults.
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Summary: Another great book by Ann Rinaldi!
Review: THE SECOND BEND IN THE RIVER is one of my favorite Ann Rinaldi books. My other favorites are MINE EYES HAVE SEEN, THE BLUE DOOR, and AN ACQUAINTANCE WITH DARKNESS. THE SECOND BEND IN THE RIVER is about a real pioneer girl, Rebecca Galloway. It is a fictionalized account of her life. Rebecca first meets the Shawnee chief Tecumsah when she is a little girl. Over the years, he visits the Galloways' log cabin home in Ohio several times, and before she knows it, Rebecca's friendship has become love. But how can she marry a man whose culture and way of life is so different from her own?
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Summary: Very disappointing
Review: The true-life story of Rebecca Galloway and Tecumseh is gripping. This book did not do it justice. Rinaldi's version was incredibly confusing to me because the author kept mixing up the village of Old Chillicothe in western Ohio (where the Galloways really lived) with the much larger town of Chillicothe in eastern Ohio. Sheesh.
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Summary: Greatly Combines Reality With Fiction
Review: This book was absolutely wonderful. It Uniquly told the story of Rebecca Galloway and Tecumseh in a way that a young adult can understand. I didn't realize how true this book really was, until I read the Author's Notes. This is TRUELY a GREAT book.
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Summary: Awful, Terrible, And Any Other Adjectives For BAD.
Review: This book was horrifically terrible. We had to read it as an eighth grade class and everyone hated it no exceptions. Even the teachers who had read it said it was atrocious. Don't be fooled by others reviews this book didn't even deserve one star.
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Summary: Great!
Review: This book was mainly about a character named Rebecca falling in love with an Indian cheif, Tucemseh, or Tucemtha. I agree with the others that it bothered them with the age difference. But I think it was just that because Tucumseh has been in other books in different times.
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Summary: Wonderful Historical Fiction
Review: This is a beautifully written book about Tecumseh's love for Rebecca Galloway. As a middle school teacher, this is a book I will recommend to students who are interested in American history, Native Americans, Pioneers/Frontier life etc. I believe it portrays an accurate picture of life in the 19th century. Ann Rinaldi did a super job filling in unknown information and keeping it historically accurate while blending it so well with the facts. She brought the Galloway family, their struggles, and Rebecca's feelings for Tecumseh alive. Kudos.
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Summary: Superb
Review: This was the first Ann Rinaldi book I'd ever read, and I loved it. It was the factually-based story of Rebecca Galloway, a pioneer girl who actually lived. Amid the love story of her and Tecumseh are woven details about the Galloway family and pioneer life in Ohio. At the age of seven, she met Tecumseh, an Indian chief and family friend. He was quickly charmed by the "little straw hair girl". He visits the Galloways many times over the years. As a preteen, she falls in love with him. Her feelings grow with her, although he's old enough to be her father. When she's 16, he asks for her hand in marriage. Her dream has come true. But can Rebecca abandon her pioneer life to live in an Indian village? Read the book I loved the book and couldn't put it down. I liked the author's style and word choice. Rebecca's growing passion for Tecumseh was described especially well. (we teenage girls know the feeling, don't we?) In a way, I felt as if I were falling in love with him too. One of my favorite scenes was when he gave her a canoe he'd made for her birthday and taught her to use it. He told her not to row to the second bend in the river without him there. This second bend was a good symbol for their progression to the romantic stage in their relationship. He didn't want her to fall in love with him until he was there again to show her his own love. Overall, this book was enthralling and I'd reccomend it to any historical romance buff.
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