Ann's Story, 1747

by Joan Lowery Nixon

Book Overview

Ann McKenzie loves living in Williamsburg. All of her family and friends are nearby, and there's always something exciting happening in the colonial capital. Now that she's 9 years old, it's time for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879351985
• ISBN13: 9780879351984
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
• Length: 147 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Ann's Story

Ann McKenzie is a nine years old girl who lives in Colonial Williamsburg. Her mother thinks is time for her to behave like a proper young woman. She has to learn to knit, to cook, and to manage a household, but what Ann really wants to be is a doctor like her father, Dr. McKenzie. Ann wants to learn mathematics, most important she wants to learn Latin. So one day she went to her friend, Peachy's house and Peachy's brother, Matthew is stuck on mathematics and when Matthew realize that she is good at math and Ann tells him she wants to learn Latin, so they made a deal, if Ann write his homework , he will teach her Latin. So they keep it a secret. One day the people in Williamsburg got smallpox. Even Ann's family, so Ann is the only one in her family who has not got smallpox right now. So she has to take care of them. When her family is better Ann's father now know she is a very good doctor, and after Ann help Matthew's family get better Matthew realize Ann is a very nice girl. Matthew use to tease kids that are younger than him like Ann. Ann finally had prove that she can be a good doctor too. It is a very good book. I think you would like it once you read it. I think women can be doctor too, I think is also not fair that only men can to some stuff that women can't do that time.

Ann's Story

Ann McKenzie is a nine years old girl who lives in Colonial Williamsburg. Her mother thinks is time for her to behave like a proper young woman. She has to learn to knit, to cook, and to manage a household, but what Ann really want to be is a doctor like her father, Dr. McKenzie. Ann wants to learn mathematics, most important she wants to learn Latin. So one day she went to her friend, Peachy's house and Peachy's brother, Matthew is stuck on mathematics and when Matthew realize that she is good at math and Ann tells him she wants to learn Latin, so they made a deal, if Ann write his homework , he will teach her Latin. So they keep it a secret. One day the people in Williamsburg got smallpox. Even Ann's family so Ann is the only one in her family who has not got smallpox right now. So she has to take care of them. When her family is better Ann's father now know she is a very good doctor. It is a very good book. I think you would like it once you read it. I think women can be doctor too, I think is also not fair that only men can to some stuff that women can't do that time.

Ann's Adventures

This is a book about a girl whose name is Ann and she's 9 years old. She lives in Colonial Williamsburg and she wishes she could be a doctor but she can't because she's a girl. Matthew Davenport is Ann's best friend's brother. He likes to tease the younger children about anything that would scare them. When the Capital burns, Matthew frightens Ann by telling her she will have to move to a swamp to a house with a dirt floor and poisonous snakes. Soon people start coming down with smallpox, so Ann can't go to crowded places anymore.One time, after church, Matthew tells her there's going to be a really crowded festival where Native Americans are dancing to drums, which is illegal. Matthew thinks it would be so cool to see it because he wants some adventure. He says she'll be too scared to go. Ann decides she'll prove him wrong.I really like this book because it has a lot of adventure and Ann is always getting into mischief. If you read this book I think you'll really like it.Sarah Tiedemann

Great Book About Colonial Life:

This is a great book, and I'd reccommend it to anyone who loves reading about history and learning more about Colonial Williamsburg. I think it's a great book about a girl named Ann who's living in Colonial Williamsburg, and dreams of helping her father in the apothacary instead of becoming a gentlewomen. Read this book now! You'll enjoy it! I did!