Messenger

by Virginia Frances Schwartz

Book Overview

Set in mining boomtowns in the years between the two world wars, this is the story of a girl's determination to find her voice and herself. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823417166
• ISBN13: 9780823417162
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

Beautiful

I enjoyed this book tremendously. It's very different from anything I've read before, and I read a lot. There is a dream quality to it - it floats - it's like a ride on a slow river and if you sit back and enjoy the scenery, you'll enjoy the ride. "Messenger" deals with hard times and hard themes like death and poverty, yet somehow the hard edges are removed.

"Messenger" -A time machine!

Though it has been a year or so that I've read "Messenger" its characters still linger on within me. It took me back to a place in time that I had never been to before. Took me into the home of a family and a young girl that captured my heart. Although I am an adult I recommend this book to anyone regardless of age. It is a time machine. Once you open it you are taken to that very time and place and soon you are a part of the characters. Virginia Frances Schwartz is and always will be one of my favorite authors. -Thank you, Gini! Frances Quintana Al Anbar Province, Iraq