Fourteen-year-old Rachel Marsh is nanny to John and Abigail Adams’ children and witnesses firsthand how tension builds in the feisty New England town in the two years before it erupts in the Boston Massacre. Friends become foes and families divide as British troops arrive in 1768 to force the outspoken Bostonians to toe the line and obey the British government.
But the idea of liberty and self-government has taken hold, and once considered, can not now be set aside. At the same time, Rachel begins to take stock of her own life and future, and learns that to live life to its fullest and with integrity, one must seek the truth for oneself and take a stand.
Ann Rinaldi, a master at making history come alive, creates a tense and front row seat for the listener as she uses the voice of young Rachel Marsh to underscore that American liberty was not easily won, but at great cost to those who would not let their dreams die.
In this historical fiction suited to preteens, the young nanny of John and Abigail Adams witnesses events in Boston leading to American independence. The story weaves the early New Englanders' passion for liberty into a young woman's struggle to find her place in the world and discover herself. Although Melissa Hughes's voice has lovely diction and clear tones, it's not a suitable choice. She maintains a well-bred American enunciation while stumbling through the author's attempts to capture some of the speech characteristics of Boston before the American Revolution. Her versions of British and Irish accents are distracting, and her young children sound silly. Fortunately, the story stands on its own. N.M.C. (c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine
- KLIATT 5/04...
“Rinaldi, as always, has done her research well and both fictionalized and real characters are woven into the tapestry of historical facts. Hughes’ expressive and energetic reading makes this an outstanding audio treat.”
- School Library Journal, 4/04...
“Rinaldi, as always, has done her research well and both fictionalized and real characters are woven into the tapestry of historical facts. Hughes’ expressive and energetic reading makes this an outstanding audio treat.”
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