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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Boston Jane

Jennifer L., Holm. Boston Jane. NY: Yearling, 2010. 275 pages. (Historic Fiction)

Boston Jane is a true adventure about a "lady" taking on a major transformation that you will find yourself bound to. Jane makes some silly actions that today we would say she was crazy. Although when you really think about it is a drastic change to go from a lady to someone strong enough to endure the frontier, she becomes stronger, wiser, and more adventurous for the frontier. It is an unusual book but after it cast its spell you are hooked.

Sixteen year old Jane Peck has ventured to the unknown wilds of the Northwest to wed her childhood idol, William Baldt. Her training at Ms. Hepplewhite's Young Ladies Academy in Philadelphia is hardly preparation for the colorful characters and crude life that await her in Washington Territory. Jane must determine weather she is the proper Ms. Jane Peck of Philadelphia or Boston Jane, as the Chinook call her, Boston Jane, fearless and loyal woman of the frontier.

Reviewed by: Naturegrl