The Tamarack Tree

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Summary: The Tamarack Tree
Review: By:Chansy Jones

What would you do if you were in the middle of a civil war and everything you needed was limited? If you really want to know what it would be like, then you should read the book, Tamarack Tree.
Although it has little action it is full of decisions and opinions. Like everything there's a big problem, war!!! The civil war to be exact. Rosemary, the main character, has to live right through the siege of her new home, Vicksburg. Although she dislikes slavery, that is all her friends have ever known.
If you like action packed stories this may not be the book for you. But if you want to know what it's like to truly want something, in Rosemary's case the end of war, then you may find this book interesting. Will Rosemary survive the conflicts of war? Read the book to find out.

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Summary: Courage
Review: Imagine a world where all your dreams come true. This is how Rosemary, the main character in "The Tamarack Tree," thought life in America would be when she was sent from England. But what if all your dreams were nightmares? What if you lived in a world where war was a natural occurrence? This is Rosemary's world in the United States during the Civil War. She and her brother Derek are trapped in a world of hate, slavery, and misunderstanding. The following is an example of this misunderstanding:
" Rosemary, you haven't changed, have you?" " I must have. In some ways I must have." " But you are still Rosemary Leigh, the very beautiful English girl who could not say where her heart belonged in this war. The girl whose beliefs were with the North, and whose affections were with the South. The stormy girl who accused me of coming back to fight the friends I had made in Vicksburg. I have not fired one shot at Vicksburg, Rosemary, and very few at any place else. I am a cartographer- a mapmaker. I took up a pen instead of a gun.'' I looked at him sqaurely. " I am glad, Jeff. Oh, I am so glad!"
Rosemary's hometown, Vicksburg, is under the pressure of being beseiged by the Union Army, and she writes on whatever paper she can find what she is going through. Her courage and will to survive is about all that keeps her alive. During the course of the book, certain dilemmas will take place and test her ability to control herself under poor conditions. I think this is an emotional and moving text, and it is also very inspiring to young people trying to reach there goals. I also think the author was trying to tell people to keep on trying to achieve their goals because even if something undesirable happens, you can get through it. I think this is a good book and I recommend it to young adult readers of all ages.

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Summary: THIS ONE IS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE!
Review: This is a story of a girl named Rosemary leigh whos life has been misserable.Now an orfin living with her brother in London are moving t Vicksburg,America in the middle of a civil war.
Someone may wonder how suspence and action is built in the story.It all starts in the begining of the book to the end. At first no one thinks Vcksburgh will be atacked, but as the story goes on Vicksburgh starts to be atacked.
Next is some important events in the story. One is that Vicksburgh starts to be atacked. like supplies are being cut of such as food and cloths.
The life of "Rosemary Monica Stanford leigh, lived at the top of the Tamarack Tree. The wind blew strong and the wind blew free and toppled that Tamarack Tree, with Rosemary Monica Stanford Leigh,who fell kerplop and bloodied her knee" Things are looking better as she moves to London with her brother and his new whife.

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Summary: THIS ONE IS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE!
Review: Yes, my title is true! I was SO sorry to put this book down for good! It was so wonderful!! Well, anyways, you probably want to know what it's about, so here it goes: Rosemary Leigh has just had her mother die, leaving her and her brother Dereck as orphans. So, they set of from their home in England, to the little town of Vicksburg, in America. Well, at first, Rosemary's life is wonderful: meeting new and wonderful people, and taking care of her own little house that she keeps for her brother. The only problem is, that not long after this happiness, the seige uncovers. Her house is bombed by Yankee shells. She and her brother and her friend Mary Byrd work in the hospitals. There is little or no food. When she moves into an abandoned mansion with her brother (because they couldn't live in their bombed house), another bombing happens. She is with Mary Byrd, and for a few hours is trapped in an underground slave tunnel before being rescued. The book is filled with ADVENTURE, suspense, and romance too! Ah, yes, perfect. This is, I repeat, one of my VERY FAVORITE books in the ENTIRE WORLD! I'll bet it'd be one of yours too, if you'd read it, so do!!