Brooklyn Rose

by Ann Rinaldi

Book Overview

It's 1900--the dawn of a new century--and never in her wildest dreams did fifteen-year-old Rose Frampton ever think she'd leave her family and home on the peaceful shores of her island plantation in South Carolina . . . especially not to live with a new husband in the land of the Yankees.

But she is doing just that. Rose's new life with her handsome and wealthy husband in Brooklyn, New York, is both scary and exciting. As mistress of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 015205538X
• ISBN13: 9780152055387
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

One of Rinaldi's sweetest smelling books

The year is 1899. Rose Frampton has lived in Beaufort County, South Carolina since the day she was born. As the daughter of a wealthy plantation owner, Rose has always enjoyed the finer things in life, and been rewarded with an excellent education. While Rose has not developed many friendships with people aside from her family, and the workers around her home, she has come to love South Carolina, and would never want to leave the remote little town for something unknown to her. But, sometimes, you don't have a choice. Fifteen-year-old Rose has never seen herself as a young beauty. Instead, she has always fawned over her older sister, Heppi. Heppi has always had a long line of suitors banging down the door to spend time with her; and it's no surprise. Heppi is lovely in ever way; which is why she is destined to marry well. When a rich stranger from New York City named Rene begins spending time with Rose's family, Rose pays little mind. After all, Rene is in his thirties, and is a Yankee. Unlike Rose, however, Rene sees no problem in the age difference, and is soon falling in love with Rose. They are quickly married, and before Rose knows what is happening, she has been swept away from her beloved home and family in South Carolina, and is now living in a lavish Victorian estate in Brooklyn, New York. As a mere child, Rose is confused at how to run a successful household, and finds herself stumbling over the simplest of tasks. Luckily, Rene is a kind man who is patient and loving in everything Rose does. The rest of the neighborhood women are not. Rose is viewed as a youngster, and the much older neighborhood women do not take kindly to her presence. As an individual interested in both activism and volunteer opportunities, however, Rose refuses to let the women walk all over her; and begins proposing different charity events to her neighbors, hoping that they will assist her in making the world a better place. And, as Rose becomes more comfortable in her living situation, she finds that, even when things get tough, all it takes is one person to make a difference. Ann Rinaldi has a knack for penning historical novels that put the reader into the same era and location as the main character. BROOKLYN ROSE is no exception. Rose is a delightful character who warms your heart from page one. The descriptions of her life in South Carolina, and the time she spends with her horse, and family bring to life the close-knit environment young girls held with their parents and siblings back in the late 1800's. When Rose makes her way to New York City, however, the reader is given a different glimpse into Rose's personality. She is less cheery, and more self-conscious of being the mistress of her own home, and creating a happy life for Rene. Yet, even with adjustment difficulties and problems with some of her neighbors, Rose's bright outlook on life never wavers. As a woman of privilege, Rose is determined to be involved in philanthropic work, and to provide a bet

Great Book

This book is a great book for girls of all ages. It is about a girl named Rose who lives on a plantation in South Carolina. Her sister gets married and moves away from home. Rose's parents want Rose to marry to. Rose later hears from a girl at her school that her parents are in great dept and the man that wants to marry him owns her family. She marries the man to save her family and moves to brooklyn. When they arrive in their new home Rose decides to make breakfast. When she walks into the kitchen the housekeeper is dead on the ground. Rose becomes friendly with most of the neighbors except one and she learns to like Brooklyn. She fears that she is growing to love her husband, which is not why she married him. Rose becomes pregnant. When his mother comes to visit Rose feels very out of place. Her mother takes over the household and bosses not only Rose around but she bosses Rose's servents too. Rose decides to run away and see if her husband comes to look for her because if he really loves her he will come for her. This is an amazing book by Anne Rinaldi. She puts past events in a girls life but she is also telling the story of her great grandparents!

GREAT book!

I absolutely LOVED this book; however, I found one problem with it---it's too short! I would've loved to read at least a hundred pages more.

An awesome Ann Rinaldi book!!

This book is terrific. My only complaint is that it's too short! I wish it went on to tell you what Rose does to Rene's annoying mother, Charlotte. Does she kick her out, or just make her stop being so bossy? Anyway, I won't tell any more about this book, just that it's really good and definetly worth your time!!!!!

Another excellent historical novel for teens by Ann Rinaldi.

When Rose Frampton begins a diary on her fifteenth birthday in December of 1899, she doesn't expect her life on a South Carolina plantation to change much, although she is excited about the approach of a new century. And she certainly doesn't expect to marry yet. But Rene Dumarest, a wealthy silk importer twice her age, proposes marriage -- and believing it will help her family's finances, Rose accepts. Now she must leave her home to travel north to Rene's home in Brooklyn. Rose must adjust to being mistress of her own home, to being a married woman, when in many ways she is still just a child. This book is another excellent history novel by Ann Rinaldi, based on the life of her grandparents, Rose and Rene. Rose was an excellent character, and the author really showed how she was caught between girlhood and womanhood. I also loved how this book was written in the form of a diary. I highly recommend this book to Ann Rinaldi's fans, and to teen readers who historical fiction in diary form.