End of One Book, Start of Another

Hang A Thousand Trees With Ribbons~~~Ann Rinaldi
I read from page 162-the end or from chapter 21-the end.

There was a lot that happened towards the end.  Mrs. Wheatley dies and so does Aunt Cumsee.  Phillis gets to meet George Washington because she wrote a poem about him.  Phillis loved the visit with George Washington.  The book says that she didn't walk out of the room, she floated out.  Before that, John Peters asks her to marry him, but Phillis wants time to think about that.  Phillis and Mr. Wheatley move in with Mary for a little bit.  George Washington and Mary convince her a little bit that she should marry John Peters.  Phillis decides to, and they get married.  They lived in a good part of town, but then John Peters loses his job.  A couple of other bad things happen to them.  Phillis had three children, but along the way two die.  Phillis tries to publish a second book of poetry.  It didn't work very well.  Phillis died on the same day that her only living child died.

The next book that I am going to be reading is called Little House in Brookfield.  This book is written by Maria D. Wilkes.  It is about Laura Ingalls mother, Caroline.  Caroline lives in Brookfield Wisconsin and tries to make a living with her mother and siblings because their father dies out at sea.  There are other books about Lauras Grandmother, and great-grandmother.  I haven't started it yet, but look forward to.

Questions:  A question that I had was how long John Peter lived?  Ann Rinaldi leaves you to wonder about that because she never said.

Predictions:  I predict that Little House in Brookfield will be about how Caroline lived, and what her daily life was like.  I predicted that because that is what all of the other books are about.

Connections:  The connection that I am going to make this week, is a text to text.  The book that I am going to compare Little House in Brookfield to is the Caroline series, (the American Girl Doll.)  Caroline, almost loses her dad at sea, and in Little House in Brookfield the other Caroline loses her dad.  In both of those situations life was hard without their fathers.  And het, they have the same names. :)