Wolf by the Ears

Author: Ann Rinaldi

Genre: Adventure, life

My rating on a 1-10 scale: 7.5

Type: Historical fiction

Number of pages: 248

Time period: 1800's

Main characters: Harriet, Thomas Jefferson

My overall opinion: They were calling Harriet Jefferson's illegitimate daughter, but we never know for 100% certain by the end of the book if she was or not. I don't know enough about him to say. But it was interesting! Obviously some mature stuff, seeing the subject matter. A good book!

The Letter Writer

Author: Ann Rinaldi

Genre: Life, childhood

My rating on a 1-10 scale: 8

Type: Historical fiction

Number of pages: 216

Time period: 1800's

Main characters: Harriet, Nat, Violet

Exciting events: A huge slave revolt

Passage from book: He came to me when I was just eleven, Richard Whitehead did, and asked me to be his mother's letter writer.

My overall opinion: I enjoyed it! It was rather violent, I should mention. It's about one of the worst slave revolts of the 1800's. Nat Turner, specifically. But it was interesting!