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The Marble Queen (2012)

by Stephanie J. Blake(Favorite Author)

3.66 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0761462279 (ISBN13: 9780761462279)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Amazon Children's Publishing

review 1: Freedom Jane McKenzie hates following rules, which usually lands her in trouble with her teachers, her mom, and everyone else. The one thing she is good at is playing marbles, and she is determined to enter the marble competition at the Autumn Jubilee to prove it. First she has to convince her mother to let her enter, then convince the neighborhood boys to let her keep practicing with them so she keep up her skills, and then she has to stay out of trouble. But, Daniel, her best friend since kindergarten no longer wants to hang out with her, there's a new baby on the way, her daddy is drinking too much, her little brother is a pain in the butt, and her mother is being even more difficult than usual. How can Freedom follow her dreams and follow all the rules when her world i... mores falling down around her?
review 2: I enjoyed this one. Spunky Freedom is ten years old with absolutely no interest in become the lady that her mother is pressuring her to be. She's a great mibster but the boys are freezing her out of games. Even her best bud, Daniel, is acting weird. Her mom is constantly criticizing, her dad is drinking too much, her little brother is such a pain and her next door neighbor might be a Commie. She's not sure what that is, but her mother doesn't seem to like her much. The writing is subtle and punctuated with understated humor and gently deals with realistic problems that can face an otherwise loving family. less

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