Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer Holm
Published by Harper Trophy 1999, 247 pg.s
MAP Spring 2008 Review by Mykala sixth grade.
“There ain't no gentlemen on the Nasel, just a bunch of no good brothers.” May Amelia Jackson is the only girl her age around the farm. Besides her Ma, she is the only girl surrounded by seven brothers and her Pa. May gets into loads of trouble with her favorite brother, Wilbert, and her rag doll Susan. She just can’t seem to mind everyone telling her to be a proper young lady. She feels that if she just had other girls to play with she could do it. Now that Mamas pregnant again, there’s hope! The only things that could spoil this would be if the baby was a boy, or her evil Grandmother Patients coming to live with them. The latter does in fact come to pass. Watch as May wriggles out of trouble, helps her ma, and deals with evil Grandmother Patients.
I loved this book. Normally I don’t like this kind of plot but the way Jennifer Holm writes just makes it riveting. Some of the situations May gets into are just hilarious! I would recommend this book to people ages 9-13.
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