by Julie Berry
Hennepin County Library hardcover 274 pages
genre: teen fiction, mystery
Creepy but a page-turner. Setting is reminiscent of The Scarlet Letter . . . Judith has returned to Roswell Station after two years of being missing. Her tongue has been cut out and she cannot speak. Her mother forbids her to even try to speak, so she becomes a mute who cannot remember what happened to her.
The book had very short chunks of text in each section. It made for an interesting flow to the book. (I have trouble putting a book down unless it's a major chapter break.)
Before / After / Book One (ends with battle ending and the Homelanders' defeat) / Book Two (ends with Lucas asking and Judith deciding to live in the colonel's cabin alone) / Book Three (Judith's return from the cabin and disaster, her mom won't let her back in) / Book Four (conclusion) / Now
Darrel - brother
Lucas Whiting - love interest
Maria & Leon - young couple, unlikely friends
Goody Pruett - busybody, surprise to me at the end of the book!
Rupert Gillis - icky school teacher
Abijah Pratt - Lottie's dad . . . and more
The main thing that didn't work for me was her mother's repugnance and lack of love for her daughter. Really? Because her husband died? Because she thought Judith had been tainted? Because Darrel was younger and cuter? This didn't work for me, but overall the book was gripping.
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