There is a theme in “The Girl in Blue” by Ann Rinaldi. The theme is that gender does not affect skill level. “The Girl in Blue” is set in 1861, and is about a Michigan native by the name of Sarah Louisa. She is about to be forced to marry a man of her abusive father's choice when she decides to run away and join the army. She joins the army under the ruse that she is a boy and participates in the battle of Bull Run but her gender is eventually found out by her doctor and general. She is not punished
think of young women in the late 1700s what comes to mind? For me it is a taskful life filled with chores and taking care of siblings and being sold off and married when the time comes, not for this brave adolescent.Time Enough For Drums written by Ann Rinaldi includes a main character Jemima Emerson. She is a 15 year old girl who lives in Trenton, New Jersey and is not ready for what is coming in the future. Through the book Jemima encounters much chaos that gives her no choice but to grow up and take
Would one ever think to be so stubborn that they would make someone chose between two people they love dearly? Well that is exactly what Rebeckha Emerson does in Time Enough For Drums by Ann Rinaldi. Becky is a truly astonishing character with her actions.She is a tory who married a british officer and she is jem older sister that has great manners but always speaks her mind. She lives in Pennsylvania with grandfather henshaw . Throughout the
Martha Rinaldi was an Assistant Product Manager at Potomac Waters, a beverage company producing non-alcoholic drinks. She began this position after graduating with a marketing MBA from a top business school in Chicago. Rinaldi visited the company and was confident it offered all her needs. Her job was to help develop a new line of health fruit drinks branded Invi in the Health Drinks Division. Although she was excited to begin her new position, she found Jamie Vaughan, an associate product manager
The title of this book is called A Break with Charity a story about the Salem Witch Trials. The Author of this book is Ann Rinaldi. The Published in San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1992, The year it was copyrighted was in 1992. There are 298 pages. The time period this book took place was in 1692. For example on page 19 it says stuff about the slave trade and that is illegal in the USA and most other countries .so you can tell that this is already a time before slavery was outlawed. On page 139 it says
The song “The Climb” sung by Miley Cyrus is very similar to the story Cast Two Shadows by Ann Rinaldi. The song shows a journey, faith, and troubles, which are all represented in the story. “The Climb” was the perfect song that mirrored Cast Two Shadows. Already within the first stanza of “The Climb”, Miley Cyrus says that, “[She] can almost see it. That dream [she’s] dreaming” In comparison, the lyrics are relatable in the book too. Caroline, in a sense, also has a dream; to get her father back
deny the fact of the bettering of the world, with America rising as the world's new superpower. But before all this America had to win a war, a war against its parents, the then, worldly superpower. A great introduction is The Fifth of March by Ann Rinaldi. This story is about a fourteen year old girl who is forced to choose between loyalist or patriot, in her case she is faced with many people who influence the final decision. Three great examples of character traits that Rachel (main character)
The novel Time Enough For Drums by Ann Rinaldi is a story about love, loss, and sacrifice.In the novel, there were many important characters that played key roles in the story. The novel takes place during the time of the revolutionary war. The Emerson family has their two sons fighting in the war, and their mother is helping sew clothing for the war. They have two slaves named Lucy and Cornelius, whom they plan to un-enslave after the war has ceased. The person that impacted the story the most was
“´If you harm her or if she’s killed, my brother, Johnny, will find you and kill you,´ I told him coldly.¨ (228) Cast Two Shadows by Ann Rinaldi is about a girl, Caroline, who is living during the Revolutionary War. She deals with her family background knowing she is half black, but others think she is white, and her finding out that her real mother is still alive somewhere. Caroline was very weak pushy and letting people doing whatever they want. She let her friend Kit hang on a noose, and she did
A Break with Charity by Ann Rinaldi depicts a young girl at her worst. Susanna English (the main character) lives in Salem Town. The strict Puritan values in Salem leads a circle of girls to portray themselves as haunted by witches, causing chaos for themselves, Susanna, and Tituba. Using dialogue, the author flawlessly shows how poor choices lead to consequences. Firstly, a circle of girls makes a poor choice of lying about being haunted by witches, which later