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Loading... Sarah Bishop (1980)by Scott O'Dell
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. What ages would I recommend it too? – Fifteen and up. Length? – Most of a day’s read. Characters? – Memorable, several characters. Setting? – New England during the Revolutionary War. Written approximately? – 1980. Does the story leave questions in the readers mind? – Nightmares. Almost rape of the main character and unnecessary violence that doesn't lend to the plot. Any issues the author (or a more recent publisher) should cover? A few notes about the war, time frame and witch hunts. Finish the story. Short storyline: Sarah's father is murdered because he supports the King of England. Her brother is murdered on a prison ship because he doesn't. She escapes from the men holding the prison ship and flees for her life. Notes for the reader: The novel just ends and doesn't tie up loose ends. Her character is unbelievable and becomes more so as the story progresses. While she might have taken the trap off her the man's leg, she wouldn't have taken him to her cave, since he had previously tried to rape her. Nor would she have not spoken up during the "trial" held against her for witchcraft. While this story is supposed to be based on a areal story, it makes you wonder what the real story really was. no reviews | add a review
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Left alone after the deaths of her father and brother who take opposite sides in the War for Independence, and fleeing from the British who seek to arrest her, Sarah Bishop struggles to shape a new life for herself in the wilderness. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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Nitpicky note; protagonist describes making 3 bushels of acorns into flour in 2 days...I have made acorn flour and there is no way that is physically possible. ( )