The Trouble with May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm

This book is Young Adult Fiction but I am not sure if it is Historical Fiction or not. Some of the stories and things that happen in the book are from Jennifer Holm’s great grandfather. There is a little bit of history in it but, mostly it is a great spellbinding story.

This is the sequel to “Our Only May Amelia.” This book doesn’t lose any of the flow of the previous book. Just like “Our Only May Amelia” the author doesn’t distinguish conversation from any other part of the book. There are no quotes. It makes one really have to think about if it is conversation or just one of May Amelia’s thoughts but, I think it is one of the things that makes this book unique.

This book has the same wonderful characters as the last book, plus a few more. It is a book that still infuriates a bit when things unjustly happen to May Amelia. Yet, the book has warmth and love too. It’s all about living in a family where things don’t always go as expected. It’s where injustices happen. It’s where love abounds. I was impressed with this book and liked it every bit as much as the first one.

The Creek by Jennifer L. Holm

This book is very realistic to me. It seems like it could really happen.

I liked "the creek." It was very suspenseful, but not too scary. I was surprised in almost every case. It’s a fun story and I thought about it long after I closed the book.

Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm

This book starts real, slow and boring. But, suddenly I get into it and the story gets better. I really like this story. It is about real life and gives idea how it was to live in that period.

Baseball and war were topics repeated.

I didn’t know about how they treated the Italians during the war. It made me sad.

I love how the story ended. It was beautiful.

Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm

This book starts out slow, but soon I find myself invested in the main character, May Amelia.

The book doesn’t have quotes when people speak. It just capitalized at the front of sentences of the quoted line. It’s kind of strange but it works. It gives the feel of a little girl in the frontier period. It helps us think like her.

I highly recommend reading this, but be prepared that it takes a minute to get into.

This was a 2000 Newbery Honor Book

Boston Jane by Jennifer L. Holm

Boston Jane Series by Jennifer L. Holm

There are actually only 3 books to this series, but there's more than one cover for the first one.

I think Jennifer Holm had a great way of keeping the same atmosphere in all three books.

I cried in the second book, and I think it is because I could relate so well with the main character. Sometimes odds are stacked up against us. I like how it is said in the book that we make our own luck.

She has a lot of bad luck it seems. She'd like to have a man named Willam to marry, but finds life to be quite an adventure even though she'd prefer it to go here way a little more.