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The Last Sister
By MCKINNEY-WHITAKER, Courtney
- ISBN
- 9781611174298 9781611174304 9781611174311
- Publisher
- Univ. of South Carolina
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2014 | Grades and Up
Gr 7 Up—This historical novel is set in the Carolinas during the Cherokee Wars, concurrent with Thomas Jefferson and John Adams writing the Declaration of Independence and George Washington navigating the Delaware River. Seventeen-year-old Catie Blair is forced to conjure up maturity and responsibility when tragedy strikes her family. She relies on the kindness of strangers as she makes her way on the frontier with danger everywhere (soldiers, Indians, and wild animals), not to mention meager food and shelt...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
Seventeen-year-old Catie Blair witnesses her family's violent death during the Anglo-Cherokee War. Injured and alone on the South Ca...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
