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Maddie Retta Lauren: Georgia, 1864 (American Diaries)

Maddie Retta Lauren: Georgia, 1864 (American Diaries)
By Kathleen Duey

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Georgia
December 11, 1864

This will be another long and dreary day, smelling the smoke from our neighbors' houses, waiting for the sound of the Yankee boots and gunfire....

Everyone knows the south is losing the war, and Maddie can only worry. Will her father return safely from the war to take over the family plantation again? Can her mother hide enough provisions from marauding Yankee troops for the family and slaves to survive the winter? Will Sarajane, a slave and her oldest friend, stay on once the Union has abolished slavery? Will Sherman's army destroy her home?

The Yankees have taken so much that Maddie can't recover. There is only one small victory left for her to win. Maddie resolves to keep the hated Yankees from taking her gentle mare, Ginger. Maddie's plan is risky. It turns dangerous when she is captured by Union soldiers. Suddenly Maddie finds herself questioning her own convictions -- and risking her life to save a stranger who is also her sworn enemy.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #1810062 in Books
  • Published on: 2000-04-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 144 pages

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great5
This was a good American Diaries book. I really like the main character Maddie. if I had a horse, I would want to keep it safe from yankees, although i'm a Yankee.I really like what she does to help the Yankee. i would tell more but I don't want to ruin the book for others. All I'll say is it was a great book and if you like the other American Diaries then you'll like this one.

A southern girl makes an important discovery.5
Of all the American Diaries books, Maddie Retta Lauren was my favorite. I really liked the main character, Maddie, a thirteen-year-old Confederate girl. At the beginning she seemed a bit spoiled, but by the end of the book she had definitley changed. She realized that both the Northerners and the Southerners were fighting for what they believed in, and that slavery was wrong. I liked the ending as well because it seemed very realistic to me. I highly reccomend this book to girls ages nine and up looking for a good historical novel.