Maggie's Choice: Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening (American Adventure) - Hardcover

Lutz, Norma Jean

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0791050483 ISBN 13: 9780791050484

Publisher: Chelsea House Pub, 1998

Synopsis

The death of a young slave girl in Boston as well as a religious revival led by Jonathan Edwards during the Great Awakening prompt Maggie to make an important decision

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Book Description:

History comes alive for eight-to-twelve year olds in this close-up, fun-to-read, multi-generational story of a fictional family spanning three centuries of actual historical events. God's hand is seen at work in people's lives and in the events that shaped our nation.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 5-8-In Queen Anne's War (1710), 11-year-old Will Smith's family becomes involved in attempts to drive the French from New England and eastern Canada. Against the background of soldiers, provisions, and faraway battles are more immediate concerns, primarily Will's struggles with a jealous classmate. The series' Christian focus is more blatant in Maggie's Choice (1743-44). Maggie, 13, is captivated by the wealthy, fashionable Clarke family. Will she be drawn into their "hoity-toity" circle or remain true to her humbler, more practical upbringing? The Clarkes mock Jonathan Edwards and other revivalists who preach of God's grace, but Maggie is converted by book's end. These novels provide numerous details about their times and include lists for further reading and even indexes. However, both suffer from pedestrian, occasionally awkward, and ungrammatical writing. Characterization is superficial, and the stories have little depth. These offerings fail to reach the interest level and appeal of the "Dear America" series (Scholastic) and such classics as Elizabeth Speare's The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Houghton, 1958).
Ann W. Moore, Schenectady County Public Library, NY
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chelsea House Pub
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0791050483
• ISBN 13: 9780791050484
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 140