7/6/2023 0 Comments Across five aprils novel![]() ![]() I recall the ending feeling a bit slapped on for happiness sake and that a happy ending that made sense in the context of the story to that point would've felt more natural, if a happy ending must happen that is. ![]() It's a large family with daughters embroiled in their own private war of romance and love held in check. Like the town they live in, most are pro-Union, but one of them sides with the Confederacy, and so he and the family suffer. The story is told from the perspective of the youngest son watching his older brothers go off to war. ![]() Just the same, Across Five Aprils, the story of brothers torn apart by the America Civil War, did win the Newbery, so it must've been doing something right. Mind you, I also thought TV's The Waltons was the height of drama, so maybe my opinion is a bit skewed on the subject. I remember this as eloquently rendered and high-minded, gut-wrenching drama when I read it way back then. Across Five Aprils was required reading in 6th grade and it was as if the teacher's were saying "Life's a bitch, get used to it." ![]() Do they make kid's books like this sort anymore? Real and real painful. ![]()
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