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Aaron, a pioneer boy in seventeenth-century New Hampshire, must save his sister's life by entering Evans Woods during a thunderstorm on Good Friday
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Grade 2-4-One of the singing Mandrell sisters has teamed up with a writer of magazine articles to churn out a series of stories about U.S. national holidays. Somehow, Easter has been included. Its meaning is tied to religious freedom in this story about a fatherless family living in 17th-century Plymouth, New Hampshire. When nine-year-old Aaron's younger sister wanders into the woods during a thunderstorm, he tries to find her, even though he is afraid the woods are haunted. Evil spirits do not materialize, but a wolf does-a big bad wolf that is after little Mary. Aaron can't help her because he's stuck in the mud, so he grabs the wolf's tail, diverts its attention, and is pulled out of the mud at the same time. Later, safely home, the boy and his mother talk about courage and religious freedom, which is the reason they came over from Scotland. Strangely, the religion of this family is not identified. They dress and talk like Quakers, although it is doubtful that anyone ever really said "thou wentedst." The writing is wooden and melodramatic. Frailey's many darkly dramatic pastel illustrations match the mood of the story, but are of finer quality than the text. Neither religion nor history is illuminated by this unfortunate book.
Carolyn Jenks, First Parish Unitarian Church, Portland, ME
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- PublisherSummit Group
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 1565300351
- ISBN 13 9781565300354
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorFrailey Paige
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Peril in Evans Woods : A Story about the Meaning of Easter
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The Summit Group, Fort Worth, Texas, 1993
ISBN 10: 1565300351
ISBN 13: 9781565300354
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Hardcover. Condition: As New condition. Dust Jacket Condition: As New dust jacket. Frailey, Paige (illustrator). First Printing of the First Edition. Fort Worth, Texas: The Summit Group, 1993. 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (12.95). No chips or tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Jacket art and nearly every page with full color pastel illustrations by Paige Frailey. Volume 6 in the Children's Holiday Adventure Series. Set in 17th century New Hampshire. Louise Mandrell is one of the Mandrell Sisters who starred in their own NBC television series in the 1980s. Two different ISBNs, possibly due to printer/publisher error? 156530053X (on Dust Jacket). 1565300351 (on copyright page). First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. As New condition/As New dust jacket. Illus. by Frailey, Paige . Unpaged (but 30pp). Seller Inventory # 012240
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