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Alexia Ellery Finsdale (American Diaries) (Paperback)

by Kathleen Duey (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars  (4 customer reviews)

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Grade 6-8?Though the times are different, today's young readers will easily identify with Alexia Ellery Finsdale and her family problems. After a short diary entry, the girl's story unfolds. Readers learn that her mother has died and Alexia and her father are living in a boarding house where she is being taught how to sew. However, Mr. Finsdale is not only a con man, but a gambler and drinker as well, who has trouble holding down a job, and he is behind in the rent money. By the end of the novel, Alexia has some serious decisions to make. The setting and conversation give readers a glimpse into life in San Francisco, 1905; the mores and fashions of the times; and the suffragette movement. The opening and closing diary entries give a more in-depth look into Alexia's personal feelings than the rest of the story, which is a bit flat in characterization. Average fare for collections needing additional historical fiction.?Denise Furgione, Franklin Township Public Library, NJ
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In San Francisco near the beginning of the twentieth century, Alexia faces a moral dilemma when her con man father tries to cheat the widow who has been like a mother to Alexia.
Product Details
  • Paperback: 158 pages
  • Publisher: Aladdin; 1st Aladdin paperbacks ed edition (October 1, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0689816200
  • ISBN-13: 978-0689816208
  • Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,022,788 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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kathleen duey "kathleen duey" sent the following posts to customers who purchased Alexia Ellery Finsdale (American Diaries)
  

Spring 2008

8:35 AM PDT, March 9, 2008, updated at 4:42 PM PDT, May 5, 2008
Spring!  It actually remembered how to rain here in southern California this year, so everything is green, my tree ferns are very happy and  my orchids are blooming... I can't believe nearly a year has gone by since my last post here.  My first young adult book is doing really well. It won a finalists' silver medal at The National Book Awards--an incredible honor.  
                                                                                            

The first new Hoofbeats title was published last fall and the second one will come out this Spring.  The cover art is lovely--thanks once more to the wonderful artist, Robert Papp.

Lara and the Gray Mare, set in Medieval Ireland, is being recorded for an audio book.

Thanks for all the messages hoofbeats readers have left at www.kathleenduey.com 
 


More good news! I think I am finally going to get to write The Faeries' Promise.   It will be a four-book set. The story happens in the same lands where The Unicorn's Secret takes place.  Some of the same characters will be in it along with many new ones. The fairies have been hiding for a long time, and for a good reason. I can't wait to start writing and find out what happens.

Please do whatever you can to make the world a better place. 
I will too, I promise.


kathleen
 
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