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Synopsis
The second story in the "Hannah" trilogy of the Pioneer Daughters series by best-selling author Jean Van Leeuwen
Eleven-year-old Hannah Perley and her family are trying to maintain a sense of normalcy as the Revolutionary War rages around them. But when British troops get too close to Fairfield, Connecticut, Hannah's father and other men from town leave to try to defend their property as their families escape up the hillside. What will they do when all the British leave in their wake are piles of ashes where homes and shops once stood?
Jean Van Leeuwen has once again created a wondrous blend of the joys and sorrows of everyday colonial girlhood combined with the larger themes of war and history. Hannah's Helping Hands contains a map with locations from the story highlighted, as well as an author's note with historical information and a recipe for traditional colonial johnnycake. This clear-eyed, well-rounded view of pioneer girlhood, along with Hannah's struggle to define who she is and what she can and should be like, will be welcomed by today's girls.
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About the Author
The award-winning Jean Van Leeuwen's previous works of Americana (all Dial) include the popular Going West, Across the Wide Dark Sea, and Bound for Oregon, called "deeply moving" and "fresh and heartfelt" by Publishers Weekly.
From Kirkus Reviews
From Van Leeuwen (Hannah of Fairfield, p. 73, etc.), a second heartwarming portrait of a colonial girl and her family struggling to meet the challenges of pioneer life during the Revolutionary War. Although Hannah misses her older brother, Ben, who is off fighting the British, there is no time to brood. First the lively ten-year-old joins in the spring-cleaning, then it's time to pluck the geese, shear the sheep, spin the wool into yarn, make dye, and finally color skein after skein until ``Hannah felt as if she were sitting in the middle of a rainbow.'' While Hannah works, she marvels at what she sees as the seat of her mother's competence, her hands. ``They were so small, yet they could do so many things. . . . They spun and wove and sewed. They scrubbed and dug in the garden. . . . Strong hands. Gentle hands. . . . Helping hands.'' In the course of this simply written but involving and evocative novel, Hannah learns that she also has helping hands, a way with animals, and a gift for healing. The story ends with a robust climax based on a true historic incidentthe razing of Fairfield, Connecticut, by British soldiers. It's a fiery, realistic finish, but it will be the day-to-day details and how-to of colonial life that will keep readers intrigued. (b&w illustrations, not seen, map) (Fiction. 7-10) -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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- PublisherBt Bound
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 061328514X
- ISBN 13 9780613285148
- BindingLibrary Binding
- LanguageEnglish
- IllustratorDonna Diamond
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