New series for young adults, highly recommended
Shirley Roe
July 13, 2006
You and your children will want to read the entire series of Danny and Life on Bluff Point books. Entertaining, well written and enjoyable for the whole family.
Genre: Historical Fiction-Youth
Title: Danny and Life on Bluff Point - My Horse Sally
Author: Mary Ellen Lee
Danny, a young farm boy, lives with his sisters, and mom and dad at Bluff Point on Keuka Lake. As Danny grows up, he becomes a great help to his family, taking on more and more responsibility. He helps with the chores, works in the vine yard and even has his own mare to ride. His life is exciting and fun but what he wants most of all, is for his new horse, Sally, to love him as he loves her.
Danny also has a great interest in the history of the area and is determined to locate Captain Williamson’s historic campsite. A near disaster befalls him but he is saved by a young Seneca Indian boy that Danny has never met before. Danny has the pleasure of meeting Little Bird’s family and learns about the war between the Americans and the English. He is sad to hear how a strong Iroquois Confederacy was torn apart by the war, and how so many families, Little Bird’s ancestors included, lost everything.
Mary Ellen Lee has a wealth of knowledge in American history and uses her writing talents to educate and entertain young readers, for her novel is definitely an education in the way of life for American families in 1895. Her love of the setting in her story, the Keuka Lake region, shows clearly in her detailed description of the land, and its people. Danny and Life on Bluff Point is highly recommended reading for children 8 to 12 years of age, and would be a valuable resource for children studying American history in school. Available through book sellers or iUniverse-www.iuniverse.com.
Reviewer: Elaine Fuhr, Allbooks Reviews
Title: Danny and Life on Bluff Point-My Horse Sally
Author: Mary Ellen Lee
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0-595-36084-X
Pages: 180
Price: $13.95 U.S.
May 2006
Genre: Historical Fiction-Youth
Title: Danny and Life on Bluff Point - My Horse Sally
Author: Mary Ellen Lee
Danny, a young farm boy, lives with his sisters, and mom and dad at Bluff Point on Keuka Lake. As Danny grows up, he becomes a great help to his family, taking on more and more responsibility. He helps with the chores, works in the vine yard and even has his own mare to ride. His life is exciting and fun but what he wants most of all, is for his new horse, Sally, to love him as he loves her.
Danny also has a great interest in the history of the area and is determined to locate Captain Williamson’s historic campsite. A near disaster befalls him but he is saved by a young Seneca Indian boy that Danny has never met before. Danny has the pleasure of meeting Little Bird’s family and learns about the war between the Americans and the English. He is sad to hear how a strong Iroquois Confederacy was torn apart by the war, and how so many families, Little Bird’s ancestors included, lost everything.
Mary Ellen Lee has a wealth of knowledge in American history and uses her writing talents to educate and entertain young readers, for her novel is definitely an education in the way of life for American families in 1895. Her love of the setting in her story, the Keuka Lake region, shows clearly in her detailed description of the land, and its people. Danny and Life on Bluff Point is highly recommended reading for children 8 to 12 years of age, and would be a valuable resource for children studying American history in school. Available through book sellers or iUniverse-www.iuniverse.com.
Reviewer: Elaine Fuhr, Allbooks Reviews
Title: Danny and Life on Bluff Point-My Horse Sally
Author: Mary Ellen Lee
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0-595-36084-X
Pages: 180
Price: $13.95 U.S.
May 2006
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