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Brooklyn Rose Ann Rindaldi Harcourt Books © 2005 |
Rose lives in Beaufort
County, South Carolina. Her sister Heppi has announced that she is going to be
married. Rose is a little jealous, because Heppi is marring who Rose wants to
marry. At a tea for Heppi, Rose meets a real gentleman named Rene. Rose likes
Rene, but thinks he is too old for her. Rene on the other hand falls in love
with Rose immediately. Rene imports silk from France with his brother Adrian.
Rene does everything he can to make Heppi's wedding a success, just to impress
Rose's family. A little while after Heppi's wedding Rene asks Rose's father if
he can marry Rose. Her father said he would leave it up to Rose. She was not
going to marry for a couple more years, but Heppi said that Rene was all that
their father had left in order to keep his home. Rose believed her and married
Rene. They went to live at Rene's house in Brooklyn. Rose was amazed at what a
different place it was compared to Beaufort. Their life went smoothly and Rose
did many different things to make Brooklyn more like her old home. They had
parades; she brought certain problems up to clubs, and found out what the real
world was like. Eventually Rene found out why Rose had really married him, and
that she never thought he actually loved her.
I really enjoyed this book because it was full of change. It was written
in journal format and was all about what one person thought of love. I would
recommend this book for people in middle school. It is based on what the author
imagined what life was like for her grandparents.
~ Ashley Aldan, grade 6, Boardman Center Middle School