I got a DOC.file
copy of this book from the author through Marie Lavender’s Halloween Giveaway
and the following is my honest opinion.
This is the second
book from Kathleen Davis I’ve read/reviewed. I find the vehicle the author uses
to have her main character, Emerson, quite interesting, if not unique.
In this story
Emerson gets sent to clean the attic as punishment for fighting with her
younger brother; cleaning is something she really hates doing. As she cleans
she finds a velvet hat, puts it on; she then she immediately feels dizzy and
passes out. The next she knows it’s around the year 1895, she’s in a manor
house where is she’s ironically Emma, the maid there; Emma is now Genevieve is
her roommate there, showing what to do in her new found capacity.
There’s a definite
reason for Emerson being there and at this particular time. After some time she had a gut feeling that
something sinister was afoot, and through true grit and tenacity she proved she
had been correct as she watched all the culprits involved being led away by the
local constable.
She went to sleep
that night in her gown, and woke up the next morning in her father’s wearing
jeans and a tee-shirt with the velvet hat still in her hands. Emerson then ran to the attic and saw nothing
had apparently changed.
Had her adventure
to the past been only a dream; but how could it have been, especially after she
found a yellowed envelope in a copy of Pride and Prejudice on the floor and a
certain locket at the bottom of the trunk. It was then she realized she’d
actually changed her family’s history with this mysterious journey to the past.
I found the writing
in this to be quite attention getting once you begin reading it, especially for
girls between the ages of 8 -14 which is why I’ve given this book 5 STARS.
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