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Matas, Carol. The war within: a novel of the Civil War.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
Simon & Schuster, Aladdin. 152p. c2001 0-689-84358-5. $4.99. J
Thirteen-year-old Hannah is learning to be a Southern lady, though the Union has occupied her hometown. Though Hannah is Jewish, her religion is a family matter, and does not affect her place in the community. But as Hannah plans balls--and plots against the Yankees--General Grant issues "General Orders No. 11," which expels all Jews from the Confederate territories he administers. Hannah and her family are driven from their home and sent to Cairo, Illinois, to be "processed." Hannah's physical journey follows her moral journey, from acceptance to rejection of slavery. She learns that parents, society, and religious leaders can guide her moral growth, but that she ultimately answers only to her own conscience. A family friend shows her that one Jewish leader has proven that ...
- Hannah in Between.(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: The Horn Book Magazine Watson, Elizabeth S. September 1, 1994 700+ words
...drinking problem, twelve-year-old Hannah feels responsible for making things all...problem doesn't exist. Not surprisingly, Hannah's attempts to cover up her mother...requires hospitalization. A horrified Hannah sees her mother in the throes of delirium...
- Snyder, Midori. Hannah's garden.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Kliatt Rosser, Claire November 1, 2002 700+ words
...changes her plans. Anne's father, Hannah's grandfather, is near death in a hospital...started by the grandfather's mother Hannah, a garden filled with strange herbs and...music, for living things, especially Hannah's garden, and for life itself. Claire...
- Goodman, Hannah R. My sister's wedding.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Kliatt Rosser, Claire January 1, 2005 700+ words
GOODMAN, Hannah R. My sister's wedding. IUniverse. 108p. c2004. 0-595-31265-9. $10.95. S Goodman is an experienced high school...
- A Dance for Three.(Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: The Horn Book Magazine C.M.H. March 1, 2000 700+ words
...8 15.95 g (Young Adult) Plenty of teenage...fifteen-year-old Hannah does in Louise Plummer...mentally unstable), Hannah gives in to the...grim in typical young-adult-problem-novel fashion, but Hannah's dry wit and...
- Pessl, Marisha. Selected topics in calamity physics.(Young adult review)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Kliatt Levitov, Francine September 1, 2007 700+ words
...fell under the sway of the beautiful and mysterious teacher, Hannah Schneider, whose death by hanging towards the end of the school...school satire. Card sounds exactly like a bright, animated young adult, and she differentiates the other characters adeptly. Francine...
- Weber, Lori. Klepto.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Kliatt Lisowski, Heather January 1, 2005 700+ words
...more concerned with her older sister, Hannah, who is currently living in a home for...dealer. Kat's parents live for the day Hannah will be able to come home, but Kat is...idyllic sisterly moments to reminiscences of Hannah's explosive rages. Kat was frequently...
- Asher, Jay. Thirteen reasons why.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook...
- Magazine article from: Kliatt Kellerman, Carol May 1, 2008 700+ words
...exit leaving only their bodies behind. Hannah, the girl who commits suicide in this...at the beginning that he hardly knew Hannah. It takes hours to listen to these tapes as well as to follow the map Hannah has conveniently provided so each recipient...
- Ernst, Kathleen. Hearts of stone.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book...
- Magazine article from: Kliatt Rosser, Claire November 1, 2006 700+ words
...because of the war. It all starts when Hannah's father decides to join the Yankees...Life is hard enough for them, but when Hannah's mother dies, all the responsibility falls on 15-year-old Hannah. Her younger brother and little sister...