(All images and reviews uploaded from Red Cedar Book Award site)Thirteen-year-old Katie thinks she is going to London with her father and new stepmother, but is furious to find out at the last minute that she’s being left behind at her grandparents’ B&B in Halifax. But when she goes to bed in the attic room of the old house, she is startled out of her discontent by the appearance of the ghost of a young girl who tells Katie her story.
The ghost girl is Lillie. She is a six-year-old orphan in 19th century London forced to work all day hemming handkerchiefs by the woman who is paid to look after her. Lillie is left-handed and is slapped when she is caught using her “wrong” hand to sew. Every night when she goes up to her attic room, Katie learns a little more of Lillie’s story.
The novel alternates between Katie in 2005 and Lillie and the heartbreaking conditions endured by poor children in Victorian England. Meanwhile, Katie also gets to know her grandfather and finds out that his father was an English orphan too and that along with the other orphaned English children he and Lillie were eventually sent to Canada. Find out the amazing conclusion to this compelling story about how Katie uncovers her own personal connection to Canada’s past.
4 comments:
I really loved the Book flower it is so amazing how days were terrible back then and she got seperated from her faamily. I would really recemend this book it is really great reading. You will never want to stop reading.
It's neat how books like these- of the historical fiction genre- actually transport you back to past times! How cool is it when you're reading a book and you can actually taste, smell, hear, see and feel a time long ago in history? Depending on the way they're written, they either make us wish we lived back then or make us happy to be in our own times. Books like these also make us realize how fast kids had to grow up back then.
This book is awesome! I recommend it to history readers and people looking for books that are quite old-fashioned. I really loved this book!
Flower was an amazing book. I didnt want to put the book down i just loved it. It was the first book i read. it is the awesomest book ever. Please read it.
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