Maddie Retta Lauren, Sandersville, Georgia, C.S.A., 1864

by Kathleen Duey

Book Overview

While trying to hide her horse, Maddie meets up with two Yankee soldiers who make her change her mind about who is right and who is wrong in the war between North and South. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689833776
• ISBN13: 9780689833779
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

great

This was a good American Diaries book. I really like the main character Maddie. if I had a horse, I would want to keep it safe from yankees, although i'm a Yankee.I really like what she does to help the Yankee. i would tell more but I don't want to ruin the book for others. All I'll say is it was a great book and if you like the other American Diaries then you'll like this one.

A southern girl makes an important discovery.

Of all the American Diaries books, Maddie Retta Lauren was my favorite. I really liked the main character, Maddie, a thirteen-year-old Confederate girl. At the beginning she seemed a bit spoiled, but by the end of the book she had definitley changed. She realized that both the Northerners and the Southerners were fighting for what they believed in, and that slavery was wrong. I liked the ending as well because it seemed very realistic to me. I highly reccomend this book to girls ages nine and up looking for a good historical novel.