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Summary: WOW!
Review: Woa, this was a great book. I read it for Social Studies extra credit... when i got it i thought to my self: GREAT FUN (sarcastic). But as i stated reading it i relised it was a REALLY GOOD book. For thoose who haven't read it, if you dont your missing out big times!~*~Me~*~
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Summary: Historical Fiction reading assingment
Review: Wolf by the ears is one of the most touching stories I have ever read. It is an account of a young Nigra girl, and how she decides to enter the world. The girl, Harriet Hemmings, is a half-white half-Negro slave of the famous Thomas Jefferson. Though she may be a slave, on the plantation she is treated with a lot of respect, as well as never being actually referred to as a slave. One of the reasons may be that the rumor is she is actually Thomas Jefferson's daughter. The plot really begins to get going when, after a dinner party a drunken guest tries to take advantage of Harriet. He only gets so far before he is stopped, but that incident gives Harriet a whole new perspective. She now sees that she has been living inside of her own thoughts. Never thinking of herself as a slave, and never thinking of after the master's death how she might be sold. Now that she is thinking about it, she realizes what she must do. When the Hemmings children were born the master agreed to grant them their freedom, if they wish to take it, at the age of twenty-one. Harriet finally decides when she comes of age she would like to take that freedom. Once she talks to one of the masters son-in-laws he persuades her to pass into the world as white. At first she does not know what to think, but the idea slowly grows on her and she realizes that is the only way she can make something of herself. So the master's daughter takes Harriet in by request and begins to teach her things. Harriet learns the fine arts, sewing, French, and all other things ladies in high society of the 1700's were meant to know. Finally Harriet leaves the Plantation of Monticello, passing into the white world with a teaching job and a betrothed lover. She tries as hard as she can to start anew, without forgetting her rich background, and the true culture of her race. This book is an excellent historical fiction novel and I greatly recommend it to anyone who enjoys novels written in diary form.
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Summary: The Life of a Slave
Review: This is a story about Harriet Hemings, a slave who lives on Monticello, a plantation owned by Thomas Jefferson. She loves were she lives, but since she's getting older, she has to start thinking about if she'll take her freedom or not when she turns twenty-one. Harriet's mama made a deal with Thomas Jefferson that when her children turned twenty-one they could decide to leave and be free, if that was what they wanted. Her mama wanted her to leave and take her freedom because she wanted the best for all her children, but Harriet wasn't sure if she could leave all these things and people she loved. Even if she did take her freedom, she would still have problems out in the world as a black. She had a lot of white blood in her along with some African, but she was light enough she could easily be mistaken as a white woman. So could Harriet not only leave every thing she knew and loved but also turn her back on her black people?
I thought this was a really good book. Most books about slavery make it seem like all slaves had an awful life and were treated terribly, but this book made me hope that there were some slaves that as good of a life as Harriet had. I recommend this book to anyone who cares about or is interested in the life of a slave.
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Summary: Dun Dun Dunn!
Review: Harriet Hemings is a domestic servant on Thomas Jefferson's plantation. Never having to work very hard for a mean master, she is thrown the question of freedom. Her master has never been unkind to her, and there are rumors of him being her father. Because of this and the lightness of her skin, she is given the choice to stay or leave her home forever, like her brother Tom, never to be heard from again. Will she take a chance at freedom, and lose her family, or stay and risk never knowing the white world? This is a wonderful book for people who like to read books written in "diary form". I only gave it three stars because I am not fond of diary form, but if you do, (or it you don't mind it), you would like this book for the emotion and interesting characters. Wolf by the Ears teaches about slavery without the whipping, starving, or harsh living conditions. This book has a fair ending and keeps you turning pages. It is an interesting story that shows a whole new side to slavery.
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Summary: What life will she choose, as a white or as a slave?
Review: The book "Wolf by the Ears" is about a 19-year-old that has to make a life-changing decision. This book is set in the early 1800's, and is about a slave girl who must find out what she wants from life and who and where she will find it with. She also happens to be Thomas Jefferson's mulatto daughter. Her mother is Sally Hemmings, one of Mr. Jefferson's slaves and his mistress. Their daughter, Harriet Hemmings, must decide whether or not she wants to take her freedom when she reaches the age of 21.
Harriet has two older brothers named Tom and Beverly. Tom, the eldest of all Sally Hemmings children, took his freedom when he turned 21. Beverly has not made the same choice, however. Harriet was raised with Thruston, the gardener. Thruston is 24 and very good friends with Harriet since a young age. Now it is up to Harriet to make the most difficult choice of her life. After her decision, neither she nor anyone else presently in her life will ever be the same again. She mustn't only consider herself, she must also take into account what life she wants for her children, free or as slaves.
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Summary: LEAVES YOU SHAKING
Review: I just finished reading this book last night. Its about a girl named Harriet Hemmings, she is a mulatto and she doesn't know who her father is. She believes that he father is Thomas Jefferson, her master. This confuses her throughout the story. I don't want to give up the ending, but i was really annoyed by it. I was actually really annoyed with the ending. You laugh, you cry, its a really good book
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Summary: A book that will leave you numb!
Review: Harriet Hemmings and her brothers are part of the Hemmings clan. Everyone agrees that the Hemmings are way too white looking to be Thomas Jefferson's slaves. She is very content in Monticello and have never been mistreated by anyone there, until one night she experiences something that will change her life forever.Rumors spread through plantation everyday suggesting that all the Hemmings children are children of Thomas Jefferson. Now Harriet has to make a decision-to run to freedom or to stay adn remain a slave. Will Jefferson ever admit to being Harriet's father? How will she survive in the world who is set on hating her for being mulatto? Will she renounce her African heritage?This is a great historical fiction with characters who seem real.
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Summary: Wolf by te Ears Review
Review: Wolf by the Ears, by Ann Rinaldi, is an intriguing novel for teenagers and young adults. The way Rinaldi described the characters in this novel, set in the 1820's in Monticello, evoked many emotions as I read this captivating book.
Harriet Hemings, Thomas Jefferson's slave, is an attractive, well-educated, pale skinned girl who is very well treated and has never been called a slave; but that is what she is, a slave. She is a slave as well as her mother and all of her siblings, but there are rumors. Could Harriet and her siblings be more than just slaves? Could they really be the children of their master Thomas Jefferson who wrote the Declaration of Independence? Harriet has lived with these rumors all of her life, and now she is given a choice, a choice that will break her heart. She can either take her freedom and leave her family and friends forever, or she can live in Monticello for the rest of her life. With a little help, and a few pushes from friends and family, she makes the choice, and she decides to pass into the white world and take her freedom.
I would recommend this book to anyone that is a young adult because it is truly a fascinating novel. I could relate to Harriet, even though I am nothing like her, because the book was so well written.
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Summary: wonderful book
Review: Harriet is a slave of Thomas Jefferson. She is well treated. Her mother urges her to take her freedom. She is attacked by Mr. Bankhead. That is when she decides to take her freedom. She is taught much adout the white world.
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Summary: A great book for both young and old
Review: Wolf by the Ears, by Ann Rinaldi is a great book for both young and old readers. It sets back in the time right after Thomas Jefferson was President. Now living a Monticello, the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence has his own servants. Harriet Hemmings, one of his servants has lived there all her life. She is called a slave, but that's is not the only thing she has been called. There are rumors going around Monticello, that Harriet and her bothers are Thomas Jefferson's children. On Harriet's twenty-first birthday, she has the choice to leave the only people she's known, for the free world. Harriet realizes that she does get special attention, privileges that other slaves don't normally get, and that she is lighter skinned than other servants, but that doesn't mean that Thomas Jefferson, her master and the former president, is her father... or does it? In this story of freedom and slavery, a girl and her brothers have to choose between the life they are living, with there family and friends, and the life where they could be free, but alone. I feel that this book is a book everyone should read. It shows that one girls' determination to make a difference in her life, can make a difference in many others. It shows that with determination, someone who was a slave, can become a free person. Rinaldi did a great job at capturing the emotion, and determination of one person, and showing that with help, and a little bit of luck, any thing can happen.
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