An Acquaintance with Darkness

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Summary: A Book You Won't Want to Put Down! Most Excellent
Review: This book takes place during the Civil War era and is historically correct. It shows the emotions of two teenagers and how priorities change when you are forced to grow up quickly. The friendship between Emily and Annie, and the struggles that they endure, are heart warming to say the least. It is not only about the assassination of President Lincoln and what effect that had on the country, but also about the unorthodox ways that the medical profession had to learn about the human body. I recommend this book very highly. All ages will enjoy reading An Acquaintance With Darkness.

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Summary: Good, but not her best
Review: I liked this book, but some of her others were better. I was very surprised at the way doctors found there information at that time. I have never heard of grave robbing before this. This style of writing was different from how she usually writes. I also recommend one of her new ones, The Second Bend in the River.

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Summary: Excellent!
Review: This was the first book I had read by Ann Rinaldi and I loved it! I have read many other books by her since then. At first I thought I would not like this book because it takes place over 100 years ago, but I was wrong. Rinaldi draws you into the book. The main character, Emily, is very likable. She's not perfect. She has some flaws, like when she thinks her problem with her uncle is worse then when her friend's mother is arrested and may be put to death. The novel is also very historically accurate. Before I never knew grave robbing had been a problem in the 1800's. I highly reccomend this book

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Summary: Creepy, a great style of writing Rinaldi rarely shows
Review: All the dark themes and the mystery is a pleasant change from her normal style. The medical experiments were somewhat unsettlling, but I suppose that grave robbing was common in the 1860's. I had no idea there was so much conspiracy surrounding President Lincoln's assination

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Summary: An awesome right out crunk mystery book
Review: This book was an awesome book by Ann Rinaldi. This story takes place during the time right after Lincoln was assinated. A girl named Emily has a mother who is deadly ill. Her mother knew that she was about to die and she told Emily that she needed to live wih someone. Emily wants to live wiht her aunt in Philidelphia, but her om wants her to live with her good friend next door. Emily's uncle Valintine comes into town to see Emily's mother. Valintine tries to tell Emily that she needs to come live with him. emily's mother doesn't want Emily to go live with him. Emily decides to go visit her uncle. While she is there she meets an old crazy black lady that lives upstairs. She tells Emily that her uncle has a big secert and that Emily needs to help get the old lady out. Emily is told that the big seceret is in her uncle's shed where NO ONE is allowed. To find out the secert you have to read this awesome book!!!

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Summary: One of Rinaldi's Best
Review: I love all of Ann Rinaldi's books, but this is surely one of my favorite. It has a very interesting plot that moves along at a good pace, and many characters that bring a lot to the story. The main character, Emily, sees things in an interesting and informative perspective, as many of Rinaldi's narrators do. Due to her circumstances, she is living with her Uncle Valentine and learning for herself what all his medical practice consists of. She is witnessing what happened to Washington upon Lincoln's assasination, and she conveys this all to the reader very well. Rinaldi works in a love story, making Emily's interest one of the main characters, as she normally does, without taking away the true meaning and grit of the story, as many other authors do. The book also has a lot of action and a lot of facts. Though I don't normally read historical fiction, Ann Rinaldi writes so well that she has become my favorite author. I would recommend this along with all of her other books to anyone who asked.