Vivian SchurfranzBesprekingen

What the hell? Seriously. What. The. Hell?! I can't even begin to guess where the end of this book came from. Not that the beginning or middle were all that great, either, but at least they might make sense with a little creative filling-in-the-blanks. But the end? Nope. There were so many things wrong with the end that to enumerate them would just make me angrier. What a complete waste of time....

I read a couple of the Sunfire books way back when, and loved them at the time. They were books I read (and re-read) just for fun... no book reports, no sharing with friends or family... just private enjoyment for me. I don't intend to revisit them, because I doubt they will hold up to my memory, but I also want to track them here, for nostalgia's sake.

I read a couple of the Sunfire books way back when, and loved them at the time. They were books I read (and re-read) just for fun... no book reports, no sharing with friends or family... just private enjoyment for me. I don't intend to revisit them, because I doubt they will hold up to my memory, but I also want to track them here, for nostalgia's sake.

This book is about a girl named Cassie, who was captured by Indians at the age four. One day she was at the river near her tribe's camp, when a fur trapper named Joshua found her. They became quick friends but he had to leave for his job, but he said he would return to take her back to her real family. A woman in the tribe found out about Joshua and made her leave. Joshua returned and took her back to the town she was born in and she got to see her parents. Joshua leaves again and Cassie meets another guy which she doesn't know if she trusts. She gets into some trouble with some French soldiers and is sent to jail. Joshua comes to save her and they run off together to somewhere safe.
I like this book because it isn't only an adventure book but there is some history about the French and Indian War. So it actually makes your brain think about something that is important. It is not like the werewolf and vampire books that are putting mostly fictional things into your mind. Young girls really did get captured during the French and Indian War. Sometimes they were treated kindly and other times they were treated like slaves. This book was very good at giving information about it.

One of my favorite adolescent romance novels! You have time traveling with pretty dresses; you learn about the civil war from a vastly different than normal perspective; you have fax machine love letters. Awesome.

Fifteen-year-old Josie longs for romance and adventure but ignores kind James, head of the Carson City Pony Express. When Mike, a dashing new rider, joins the Express, Josie thinks she has found her true love. But an encounter with a notorious woman outlaw shows her the dark side of adventure.