Author: Carol Ryrie Brink
Title: Caddie Woodlawn
Rating: 4
Reviewer: TK Grade: 6
Review:
In this story, an eleven year old girl named Caddie in Dunnvile of 1864 was grown up like a boy. Her mother and sister sighed, but her father smiled. The reason Caddie was growing up with the boys was because her father decided to try an experiment.
Caddie was the daughter of John and Harriet. John was the father, Harriet was the mother. They had different opinions about Caddie. Harriet said Caddie should grow up like a woman, while John said that Caddie should run as much as she wants.
The oldest daughter and child in the family was Clara. She was on the dark- haired side of the family. Clara was the first daughter to be grown up like a woman. She did all the work with Harriet, which included sewing and cooking.
The oldest sons of John and Harriet were Tom and Warren. Warren was two years younger than Caddie, and Tom was two years older. John let the three of them play together, even though Caddie was supposed to be grown up like a woman.
Hetty was the most annoying of the children. She was on the dark- haired side of the family, like Clara. Tom, Caddie, and Warren were angry at her when she was the first to tell what happened. Only once did they want to have Hetty tell everyone, and that was about the scalp belt.
Minnie and Baby Joe were the youngest of the children. They did not an important part in the family until Minnie took part in a vote. Baby Joe, as you can tell from his name, was a baby.
Cousin Annabelle and Uncle Edmund were related to the Woodlawn family. Uncle Edmund had bad eyesight, so he had glasses.But to make up for that, he was a good hunter. He was also a good swimmer. Cousin Annabelle grew up in Boston and was not the daughter of Uncle Edmund.
There was an Indian in the village named Indian John. He was not an Indian who massacred people. But the people later got scared asa a rumoe spread that the Indians were attacking. Later, Kent and some of the other men decided to attack them first, when they were stopped. Then the Indians and the white men became friends.
The people that were friendly with the Woodlawns' were Robert Ireton and the circuit rider. Robert Ireton was the famous musician in Dunnville, and the circuit rider filled the schoolhouse with the sound of his praying. The circuit rider also had his clock brought to John because he could not rewind the clock.
This story tells you how life was like in the 1860's in the west. People who want to know how people were like back then would like this book. It tells the life of an average person in those days.
8/17/03