pickA bit slow to start but really enjoyed it in the end. Liked all the different voices we heard from.
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pickA bit slow to start but really enjoyed it in the end. Liked all the different voices we heard from.
pickThis is a wonderful piece of historical fiction based on fact. It‘s beautifully written in a very evocative and descriptive manner, even operatic in some ways. The story rattles along at a fair rate. The characters have distinctive voices. It‘s really quite the page turner and very much a thriller. A powerful, moving and worthwhile read and I look forward to reading book two, The Ghosts of Rome. #Pigeonhole
pickTook me a minute to settle into the style (choppy sentences always throw me off), but I loved this by the end! Martha was so engaging, and the character motives were so detailed and surprising. Can't believe I've never heard of her before! #historicalfiction #basedonatruestory
pickA suspenseful and thoroughly enjoyable story based on a real woman who helped spy for General George Washington along with his network of spies, the Culper Ring, in the Revolutionary War.
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pickMarie Benedict‘s books can get too “tell not show” for me. That‘s not the case here; probably because it‘s a short, and she doesn‘t have the time to pontificate. This is Benedict‘s version of the real Agent 355 — a woman spy who helped identify Benedict Arnold as a traitor. Elizabeth is strong and smart; she‘s quick to realize that men will talk freely in front of her as they underestimate the intelligence of women. There‘s also some romance.
pickThe Culper Ring were spies for George Washington during the American Revolution. There was a real Agent 355, a woman whose true identity is still unknown. Marie Benedict gifts us with a fictional account of who this woman might have been. This book has inspired me to learn more about the Culper Ring and to explore more books by Marie Benedict, whose goal is to make known the contributions of women throughout history.
pickThe illustrations in this graphic novel so strongly support the story. Such contrast in the beauty and light found at Sugar Falls, and the darkness surrounding the Catholic priest who sexually abused the girls at the Residential School. The panel depicting him as this shadowy faceless evil canoeing to abduct Betty was perfect foreshadowing. Going to be reading more by David A. Robertson.
I‘ve been distracted recently, so trying to jumpstart spending more time reading with a few graphic novels. This one about the horrors of the Residential School system has already grabbed my attention with the Foreward written by Canadian Senator Murray Sinclair.
