This historical novelist started as a columnist for The Trentonian in 1970 and has evolved into a prolific and insightful fiction writer who introduces history to young adults through engaging and universal stories. Book excerpt: Ann Rinaldi, the author of many young adult historical novels, has found her niche and run with it.

This book was released on 2000 with total page 120 pages. As the killings, abductions, raids, and heartbreak escalate bitterly and senselessly, Fanny, the sole voice of reason, realizes that she is powerless to stop the fighting and must learn to rise above the petty natures of her family and neighbors to find her own way out of the hatred.īook Synopsis Ann Rinaldi by : Jeanne Blain McGlinnĭownload or read book Ann Rinaldi written by Jeanne Blain McGlinn and published by. In 1882, when Fanny's sister Roseanna runs off with young Johnse Hatfield, the hatred between the two clans explodes.

From that day forward, along the ragged ridges of the West Virginia-Kentucky line, the Hatfields and the McCoys have operated not withing the law but within mountain codes of their own making. Book excerpt: Fanny McCoy has lived in fear and anger ever since that day in 1878 when a dispute with the Hatfields over the ownership of a few pigs set her family on a path of hatred and revenge. This book was released on with total page 240 pages. Book Synopsis The Coffin Quilt by : Ann Rinaldiĭownload or read book The Coffin Quilt written by Ann Rinaldi and published by HarperCollins.

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