Books by Gloria Whelan
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review 1: I read this book last year and what I can recall is a girl named Kate that moves in with her father. Actually, I believe, it was more of a surprise because she shows up at his door unexpectedly. Anyway, he doesn't want her there, but she is a very persistent girl. She, like her f...
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review 1: Set in India in the early 1920's. Rosalind, daughter of an English military hero, lives in India--where her father is now a member of the British ruling party. To the dismay of her father, Rosy sympathizes with the campaign for Indian independence from Britain, and is an admirer ...
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review 1: Rosalind is English, but she has been raised in India her whole life. Years ago, her brother Edward was sent back to England to receive his schooling, but he became ill and passed away. Their parents – especially their mother – have never truly gotten over his death. As a resu...
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review 1: Being a huge fan of "Young Victoria" and other things I could learn of Victoria meeting and marrying Albert, I loved this little glimpse of their married life and Albert trying to do something to please his wife. Very cute and fun in the illustrations. And I like the historical n...
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review 1: 12 year old Verna and 6 year old Carlie move with their father and aunt to the grounds of a mental institution in northern Michigan. The year is 1900, and their father is a well-known psychiatrist who has radical ideas about the improvement of mental health. The children enjoying...
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review 1: Although "After the Train" was a slow read at first, it became very interesting when the main character, Peter, discovered that he was not the child of the people that he thought were his parents his entire life. He discovers that his mother bravely saved him when he was to be se...