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Holly Springs, Mississippi, 1862:The Green family owns a general store in this small Southern town where they have lived for many years.But ever since the Union army occupied her beloved town, Hannah Green has been furious. Her sister, Joanna, has fallen in love with Captain Mazer of the Union -- the same Union that has been fighting against her brothers in the Confederate army to destroy the Southern way of life.Now General Grant has issued General Order #11, which commands all Jews to evacuate the territory under his command. The Greens are forced to follow the Union army to Memphis. For the first time Hannah and her family face discrimination simply because of their religion. She begins to realize that not everyone believes the basic truths she has always accepted. While the battles rage around her, Hannah begins to fight another war -- the war within -- which could destroy everything she has ever believed.With the historical accuracy for which she is known, best-selling author Carol Matas turns her attention to an unexamined chapter of the Civil War and creates a thought-provoking and heart-racing masterpiece.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 5-8-Prior to December, 1862, 13-year-old Hannah Green lived the life of a proper Southern daughter of an important Jewish merchant in Holly Springs, MS. That month, General Grant issues General Order #11, which requires all Jews to evacuate the territory under his command, and Hannah's world is turned upside down. During the same week, her home is destroyed by Confederate soldiers who opt to blow up supplies rather than have them fall into the hands of the enemy. As Hannah and her family travel north with the Union troops, she confronts the amazing changes in her life. Through her diary entries, readers learn of the girl's changing views concerning slavery, her hatred of all things Union, and what it means to be Jewish. This story brings to light a little-known bit of Civil War history and creates a realistic young girl discovering herself in the midst of turmoil and war. A brief afterword provides more information, including the text of General Order #11.-Crystal Faris, Nassau Library System, Uniondale, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
The Green family is forced to flee their home when General Ulysses S. Grant orders all Jews to evacuate the territory under his command, leading thirteen-year-old Hannah to examine her fervent commitment to the Southern way of life. The book is action-packed and full of period detail. From HORN BOOK Fall 2001, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus评论
Presented as the first-person diary of Hannah Green, 13, during the months of December and January 186263, a recounting of what happens to the only Jewish family in Holly Springs, Mississippi, when they were forced to leave. Ulysses Grant, preparing for the second siege of Vicksburg, issued General Order #11, which evacuated Jews from the territory under his command because he wrongly considered all to be profiteers. (President Lincoln soon overturned the order.) As the family, which supports the cause of the Confederacy and also holds slaves, flees, Hannah begins to comprehend that Jews are being treated in the same way as African-Americans and she starts to develop some understanding and sympathy for those to whom she had always felt superior. But Matass work of historical fiction doesnt read like the diary of a girl; rather, it is the work of an author who never finds the right voice for the cardboard characters, especially the unsympathetic Hannah (who endlessly reminds the reader that she is a Southern lady) and some of the stereotyped Yankees and Rebs. Although the history is accurate, the book is turgid and off-putting. (Historical fiction. 10-14)
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Gr. 5-8. Through a series of diary entries, Hannah Green relates her experience as a Jewish Southerner during the Civil War. Devoted to the Confederate cause, her family runs the general store in Holly Springs, near Vicksburg, Mississippi, and her father and two older brothers are serving the Confederacy. Older sister Joanna has fallen in love with a captain in the Union army. Hannah is incensed by General Grant's order that all Jews must leave the area, but when the Confederates retake Holly Springs, they demolish her home. Forced to make their way north, the Greens face hardships; Hannah must confront contradictions within herself, as she compares prejudice toward Jews with her feelings of superiority to blacks in general and her own slaves in particular. Matas takes on a number of complex issues and creates a series of interesting conflicts, perhaps too many for such a short book. Still, readers will find themselves swept along by the riptide of action and the appealing cast of strong, vivid characters. The civilian's point of view and the Jewish experience give a decidedly different slant to this Civil War novel. --Carolyn Phelan