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July 19, 2007
IN SEARCH OF MOCKINGBIRD by Loretta Ellsworth
In April I listed the nominations of the 2007 Teen Top Ten. You can vote on your favorites during Teen Read Week in October. One title, IN SEARCH OF MOCKINGBIRD by Loretta Ellsworth, sounded interesting, so I immediately ordered it for the Young Adult collection. It arrived a few weeks ago, and I read it last night and was not disappointed in its selection.
The day before her sixteenth birthday, Erin gets her mother's diary from her Dad. Erin's Mom died, when she was an infant, and for many years Erin has read and reread her mother's copy of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. In the diary Erin discovers her mother had written to Harper Lee, Mockingbird's author about being an author, so Erin decides to begin a pilgrimage to Monroeville, Alabama, home of Harper Lee.
In the two and one-half day time frame Erin learns more from the trip to Alabama than her arrival in Monroeville. Erin explores her relationships with her dead mother, her father, his fiancee and the fabulous people she meets along the way.
I RECOMMEND THIS TITLE FOR ANY TEEN ENTERING NINTH GRADE UP. IT WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL READ.
Mrs. Jackson
Head of Young Adult Services
Posted by fjacksonem at July 19, 2007 2:11 PM
Comments
I was browsing the internet and came across this site. Thank you for the nice words about my book, Mrs. Jackson. It's always exciting for an author to discover that readers are enjoying her work.
Posted by: Loretta Ellsworth at July 30, 2007 9:52 PM