Author: Melissa Wiley
Illustrator: Dan Andreasen
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064407373
Ages: 8 to 12
It's 1814. Charlotte Tucker lives with her family in Roxberry, a small town near Boston, Massachusetts. Life in the Tucker home has always been happy. At least until lately. The War of 1812, has been raging for two years. Charlotte's parents are worried about what will become of their family. The British are gone, but they have blocked Boston Harbor. Food supplies are meager and there is no end in sight.
Though only five years old, Charlotte realizes that things happening far away are changing her family's lifestyle. What hard decisions are the Tuckers going to have to make before the end of the year?
Book Excerpt:
Saturday night had a cozy, comfortable feeling. A Saturday supper meant thick slices of brown bread on the plates beside the baked beans. It meant coffee for Mama and Papa instead of tea. And it meant three things in the middle of the dining-room table-the three members of what Charlotte privately thought of as "the Saturday family." There was the mother, a tall, delicately curved cruet of cider vinegar; the father, a squat redware molasses jug with a jaunty handle and a friendly chip on the rim; and between them, cradled in a glass dish, the butter baby.
Charlotte had never told anyone about the Saturday family-it was nice to have a secret all her own. Besides, her brothers would tease her about it. Twelve-year-old Lewis would tease because he was a teasing kind of person, and Tom, who was seven, would tease because he did everything Lewis did. Lydia never teased, but she would either be not at all interested in the secret, or much too interested, and she would take over the game and change it. Charlotte did not want it to be changed. Like Saturday night itself, the Saturday family was perfect just as it was.
This story is about the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder's grandmother, Charlotte Tucker. The author draws you quickly into the story and transports you back in time to the small town of Roxberry. If you are a lover of the "Little House" books, you will thoroughly enjoy your time spent with the Tuckers.
Author's Note:
This book is highly recommended. A great read.
Also recommended:
Little House in the Highlands
Little House in Brookefield
Little Town in the Clearing
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