Anna World edition by Wim Coleman Pat Perrin Literature Fiction eBooks
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YA Historical Fiction also loved by many adults.
1840's
America--a bright, headstrong girl faces challenges in a Shaker
community and in Boston. Forced from her home and away from her beloved
father, Anna is sent to live among the stern people called Shakers.
Their strange ways and strict lifestyle are both appealing and difficult
for the bright, headstrong Anna. When reunited with her father, Anna is
plunged into upper-class Boston life, where she faces a troubling
mystery, new responsibilities, deadly danger, and events that will
affect not just herself and her loved ones, but a country about to come
apart at the seams. With a cast that includes Henry David Thoreau, a
perceptive Shaker schoolmistress, and a murderous false friend, Anna's World is a powerful coming of age story, widely praised for its vivid characters, gripping plot, and moral stature.
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Anna World edition by Wim Coleman Pat Perrin Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Anna's World is a historical novel aimed at the young teen audience, but there's plenty here to make an adult smile too. Young Anna Coburn's life is turned upside down in 1845 when floods destroy her father's store and bring typhoid to her town. Needing to focus on rebuilding their future, he places Anna in a Shaker community where she finds life restrictive and longs for the day when he'll take her away again.
Authors Wim Coleman and Pat Perrin paint a rich picture of this strange and self-contained religious community, during the decade that saw it reach its highest numbers in the United States . Though Anna at 14 is considered a woman, not a child, she is able to attend school as well as share in the herb-processing work and other activities. The traditions and history of the Shakers are presented with respect and, as far as I know of Shakers, with accuracy. The authors portray a few of the Shakers as very real people who had real lives in the world before sequestering themselves in this celibate community.
The story deals with moral choices, but the public and private dilemmas are presented with a clever hand and never sound preachy. I was delighted to find Henry David Thoreau as a character in the book, introducing the themes of slavery and the Mexican War. When Anna's father eventually sends for her and brings her to his sumptuous new Boston home, these worldly issues have a surprising impact on her and, young as she is, she has to make some adult choices about how to live her life.
If you think a book about an all-but-defunct religious community sounds dull, read it for yourself and you'll be pleasantly surprised. Anna is a well-rounded main character, mature but not beyond a bit of mischief when the occasion arises. Her courage in the face of danger, her commitment to living the life that's right for her, provide a model for growing up that's as fresh as a new day.
I took one star off because of a concern that's admittedly subjective in the epilogue, Anna reminisces about her father's position of conscience during the Civil War. I felt that his stance ws introduced with too little discussion, so that her acceptance of it was not well-grounded. This could (and should) be an opportunity for thoughtful discussion in the family if you bring this book home to a teen.
Linda Bulger, 2009
[This review originally appeared on Andi's Kids Books.]
Anna's World is an entertaining young adult novel about a fourteen year-old girl named Anna Coburn. Still weak from recovering from the typhoid fever that swept through her village, Anna is sent to live with the Shakers while her father heads off to Boston to rebuild his business. No one is left in their small town of Martindale, due to the typhoid and the flood, and Father wants her to make a full recovery while he is busy working. He also appreciates the fine education offered by the Shakers.
Anna is not too keen on living with the Shakers as she tries to learn their unique ways. She is trying to get used to the idea of God being both Mother and Father. At the tender age of fourteen, she is already considered to be an adult in the Shaker community, which means playing and skipping is not an option. She is used to having conversations with adults, discussing politics and the like, but the Shakers do not engage in such talk.
Anna's favorite person becomes Sister Zenobia, the schoolmistress who wasn't always a Shaker. Sister Zenobia is highly accomplished, able to fluently read and write in Greek, Hebrew, Latin, French, German, and Italian. She is a painter, composer, and pianist. And she introduces Anna and the other children to a brilliant man named Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau's wisdom haunts Anna over the next few years as she grows up and becomes better acquainted with the world.
Anna also gets pulled into secretive deeds with another Shaker girl named Sally, leading her to bond with the shopkeeper Brother Seth. Only, Brother Seth is not as pious and wonderful has he appears, causing Anna some serious problems.
Anna's feelings about the Shakers are put to the test when she is finally able to rejoin her father in Boston, joining the upper-class society. Will she decide to stay with her family, or will she go back to the Shaker ways she once shunned?
Anna's World is very informative, as it combines Shaker traditions from the time to paint a relatively accurate view of their lifestyle. It is thought-provoking, bringing up political situations of the time that can still be applicable today. Teachers, even through high school, can use this novel to elicit conversation in English classes, history classes, philosophy classes, and religion classes. Families can read this book together to provide a springboard for conversation about personal safety, family views on religion, philosophy, and politics, and even the future dreams of the children.
Coleman and Perrin write in a manner that is easy to read, for both adults and children. The voice of a fourteen year-old girl really comes out through the narrative, making Anna easy to relate it. The awards this book has won are well deserved.
I originally received a copy of this book when I was reviewing for BookPleasures.
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