Alice Rose and Sam

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Summary: A REAL page-turner!
Review: A while ago, I was faced with a decision: to read Alice Rose and Sam or another book for a book review. I decided, not really caring, to read Alice Rose and Sam. Now I am so happy that I did so I could tell other people about this great book. You just can't put it down! You learn about Alice Rose's time, too, so this is a simply marvelous book to read.

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Summary: ALICE ROSE AND SAM IS A KID'S MYSTERY BOOK
Review: ALICE ROSE AND SAM IS HIGHLY ENTERTAINING AND A MYSTERY FOR YOUNG ADULTS. THIS IS THE BEST LASKY BOOK THAT I HAVE READ IN A LONG TIME. SAM IS THE ALIAS FOR MARK TWAIN WHO ALWAYS HAS THOUGHT PROVOKING THINGS TO SAY. IT IS A GREAT FIND AND WOULD BE ENJOYED BY EITHER CHILD OR ADULT.

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Summary: Terrific Tale!
Review: I loved the main character, Alice Rose. Her adventures with Sam Clemens were both fun and educational. I learned quite a bit about the time period -- Lasky should be commended for her thorough research!

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Summary: An exciting page turner!
Review: Once I started this book I couldn't put it down. Alice Rose is a twelve year old girl living in the rough silver mining town of Virginia City, Nevada, during the Civil War. Alice Rose, with the help of Samuel Clemens, a reporter on her father's newspaper, uncover a band of Confederate vigilantes doing evil deeds in town. The vigilantes are out to get silver for the Confederacy, and Alice Rose and Sam are determined to stop them.

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Summary: Great fun!
Review: This novel is great fun. Alice Rose - never simply Alice - is a dynamic lead character who treads a narrow path between defying her era's gender roles and wanting nothing more than to go to Boston and be like her refined, petticoated cousins. Sam Clemens plays a supporting part, but does so memorably; his outrageous stories first land him a job on the paper, and then drive him out of town. Through the character of a Chinese immigrant, Lasky shows the reader the virulent racism of the time. Some readers may be put off by the novel's attitudes toward religion. Both Alice Rose and Sam rail against quotation-mark Christians, the sort who wear the name but do not live by the principles they espouse. However, both, also speak favorably of people they have known who have lived up to the name. The books only real flaw is a climax that may leave readers wondering for a moment just what has happened. The confusion is cleared up quickly, however. An author's note at the end describes the historical elements of the book and explains which are fact-based and which are totally fictional. All in all, an appealling heroine, the irrepressible Sam Clemens, and an exciting plot make this an excellent choice.