This is the first book in the new daughters of the Mayflower series. In beginning of the book, Kimberley Woodhouse added a letter to the readers explaining the work involved in writing this book. She said that she carefully researched historical documents and journals to keep the book as accurate as possible. I never realized that that the English of the day didn’t have common spelling, a lot of it was phonetic. If you’ve ever struggled to read children’s phonetic first papers, you will realize how difficult this task actually was. For this story, Woodhouse included some people who actually lived during this time, while making other characters fictional.
This a Christian book, and the author doesn’t only pepper it with a small amount of Christianity, like too many Christian authors do, instead she saturates the pages. You know right from the beginning the characters live devout and pious lives filled with respect, caring and prayer for each other. They are very well portrayed by their actions and words, and I got a real sense of how important their religion was to them.
I will admit that I really disliked history in school. Having to read about past times, that I felt had no relevance to my life, was so boring. The textbooks dull. Books like this have brought the past alive for me in ways that I never before imagined, and I’ve actually become a huge fan of historical fiction, much to own surprise.
Whether you are like me, and hated learning about history in school, or a fan of this genre, I wholeheartedly recommend this book.
This a Christian book, and the author doesn’t only pepper it with a small amount of Christianity, like too many Christian authors do, instead she saturates the pages. You know right from the beginning the characters live devout and pious lives filled with respect, caring and prayer for each other. They are very well portrayed by their actions and words, and I got a real sense of how important their religion was to them.
I will admit that I really disliked history in school. Having to read about past times, that I felt had no relevance to my life, was so boring. The textbooks dull. Books like this have brought the past alive for me in ways that I never before imagined, and I’ve actually become a huge fan of historical fiction, much to own surprise.
Whether you are like me, and hated learning about history in school, or a fan of this genre, I wholeheartedly recommend this book.