Plainsong for Caitlin (American Dreams)

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Summary: A bittersweet story of love, loss, and grief.
Review: Fifteen-year-old Caitlin's entire world falls apart when she recieves the news that her father has died in a shipwreck. Caitlin's older sister, Rebecca, decides the best thing for the two of them to do is to move west to Nebraska, where Rebecca is to marry a man she has never even met. But from the day they arrive in Nebraska and Caitlin meets Rebecca's husband-to-be, she knows this is going to be harder than she ever imagine. Caitlin and Nate fall in love immediatley, but Nate is determined to remain honorable and marry Rebecca, as he promised to do. Living in the same house as Nate is sheer torture for Caitlin, especially after Nate and Rebecca marry and Rebecca becomes pregnant. Although she eventually resigns herself to never having Nate, a terrible tragedy gives them a chance to be together, paving the way for an ending that is both happy and sad (with an especially ironic twist in the end). I wish this book hadn't gone out of print, because it's a wonderful book for teenage girls who love historical romances, like myself (although I was actually quite young, only eleven, when I read it years ago).

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Summary: A bittersweet story of love, loss, and grief.
Review: Fifteen-year-old Caitlin's entire world falls apart when she recieves the news that her father has died in a shipwreck. Caitlin's older sister, Rebecca, decides the best thing for the two of them to do is to move west to Nebraska, where Rebecca is to marry a man she has never even met. But from the day they arrive in Nebraska and Caitlin meets Rebecca's husband-to-be, she knows this is going to be harder than she ever imagine. Caitlin and Nate fall in love immediatley, but Nate is determined to remain honorable and marry Rebecca, as he promised to do. Living in the same house as Nate is sheer torture for Caitlin, especially after Nate and Rebecca marry and Rebecca becomes pregnant. Although she eventually resigns herself to never having Nate, a terrible tragedy gives them a chance to be together, paving the way for an ending that is both happy and sad (with an especially ironic twist in the end). I wish this book hadn't gone out of print, because it's a wonderful book for teenage girls who love historical romances, like myself (although I was actually quite young, only eleven, when I read it years ago).

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Summary: its a book that you will read over and over
Review: i really love this book its my all time favorite book. the author reall captures the romance between caitlin and nate. its a love story that makes want to fall in love like they did. i promis you that its a book that you cant put down. i just love this book .

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Summary: Plainsong For Caitlyn
Review: I would say this book is realy good. It really makes you understand how much endurance it would have taken to live back then. It starts out with Caitlyn and Rebeccas father and Rebecca's fiance are in a whaleing accident. The girls end up having to move cause of the price of the morgage on the house. So Rebecca answers a add in the paper for a bride and they go to Nebraska to live with Nate. But Nate and Caitlyn are the ones to fall in love. Nate goes ahead and marrys Rebecca even though he loves Caitlyn. Through out the book they have to face the many challanges that the prarie has. as it nears the end there is a tragetie. But the auther rounds it out quite nicely. I hope if you read this book you will enjoy it as much as i did!!

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Summary: Young Adult novel gives Jane Smiley a run for its money
Review: In highly readable print, less than 200 pages, Rees covers much the same ground as Jane Smiley does in her latest novel, The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton. The fact is, few teenagers are going to read a 450 page novel. All the emotions, the expectations, Rees puts forth here offer what we've grown to expect from any novelist -- history, intensity and romance. A true portrait of extremely difficult times.

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Summary: very good
Review: It was lovely, I can't take it of my hand. You should read this one

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Summary: This is my all time fave book!
Review: Plain Song for Caitlin is realy the best book I have ever read. I recommened ot to all my friends and they loved it too. Cailtlin is the younger sister who is strong and brave and Rebecca is the older sister who soft and acts more like a the civilived younge laddy they are ment to be in the 1800s. After the horable news of thier whailing ship thier farther was on, her older sister answers an ad to go out to the west and marry. The Nate is the name of the man Rebecca is going to marry, but Caitlin finds out that she loves him but can never tell Rebecca. This story is more than a love story it is a book on adventure and life.

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Summary: exalent
Review: soooooooooooooooo gooooooooooooood

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Summary: One of my favorite American Dreams!
Review: This book is about two sisters, Caitlin and Rebecca, who go west to the Nebraska frontier after their father dies in a shipwreck. Rebecca has responded to an add by a settler looking for a wife. Only Caitlin falls in love with the man Rebecca is supposed to marry. This is a great book I highly reccomend.

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Summary: The best book I 've ever read!!!!!!!
Review: this book is great. I recameend it to anyone who is looking for a good romance novel to read. The book is about two sisters who go west becuse Rebecca , the oldest decides to answer a ad in the paper to marry a setteler. They go, but it is Caitlin, the youngest who falls in loove with The settelr nate Briscomb.