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Melissa Wiley

Autor(a) de The Little House in the Highlands

28+ Works 5,316 Membros 59 Críticas 10 Favorited

About the Author

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Séries

Obras por Melissa Wiley

The Little House in the Highlands (1999) 709 exemplares
The Adventures of Laura and Jack (1932) — Adapter — 649 exemplares
Animal Adventures (Little House Chapter Books) (1997) — Adapter — 619 exemplares
Little House by Boston Bay (1999) 580 exemplares
The Far Side of the Loch (2000) 444 exemplares
Down to the Bonny Glen (2001) 364 exemplares
On Tide Mill Lane (2001) 363 exemplares
Beyond the Heather Hills (2003) 303 exemplares
The Prairie Thief (2012) 282 exemplares
The Road from Roxbury (2002) 259 exemplares
Across the Puddingstone Dam (2004) 226 exemplares
Fox and Crow are NOT Friends (2012) 155 exemplares
Farmer Boy Days (Little House Chapter Book) (1998) — Adapter — 104 exemplares
The Nerviest Girl in the World (2018) 83 exemplares
Inch and Roly Make a Wish (2012) 42 exemplares

Associated Works

3-2-1 Penguins!: Trouble on Planet Wait-Your-Turn (2000) — Actor — 65 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Wiley, Melissa
Nome legal
Peterson, Melissa A.
Data de nascimento
1968-12-17
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Locais de residência
San Diego, California, USA
Relações
Peterson, Scott (husband)
Agente
Liza Voges

Membros

Críticas

It's 1788, and six year old Martha lives in a little stone in Glencraid, Scotland. Martha's father is Laird Glencaraid, and the life of the Laird's daughter is not always easy for a lively girl like Martha. She would rather be running barefoot through the fields of heather and listening to magical tales of fairies and other Wee Folk than learning to sew like a proper young lady. But between her dreaded sewing lessons, Martha still finds time to play on the rolling Scottish hills.
 
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PlumfieldCH | 9 outras críticas | Dec 17, 2023 |
It's 1814 and Charlotte lives just outside the city of Boston. She always has something to look forward to--tending Mama's garden, visiting Papa's blacksmith shop, and embarking on her very own Scottish adventure!
 
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PlumfieldCH | 6 outras críticas | Dec 16, 2023 |
I really enjoyed this book about making silent movies. I really liked Pearls character and felt she was very relatable. I liked the dynamic between her and her brothers, they would tease her mercilessly but when it came right down to it, they loved her and would protect her. I thought all of the characters were very realistic. Her parents reluctance to let her act but finally letting her do it rang very true for what parents would actually do.
I thought the whole bit about raising ostriches was really interesting and taking the feathers to "town" once a year. I had never really thought about people raising the birds for the feathers that women used to wear on their hats.
The only thing I didn't love was that the story started in the middle of the scene and then the book went back in time and I kept waiting for them to get back to that scene but it wasn't until near the end of the book.
Overall though, a nice clean book for kids. I would highly recommend that you read the authors note at the end. Really interesting and made the story seem even better when you know that's it's loosely based on real people.
If you enjoyed this book I would also recommend Daring Darleen, Queen of the Screen by Anne Nesbet which is also about a young girl making silent movies.
… (mais)
 
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Piper29 | 1 outra crítica | Jun 18, 2023 |
This book is really amazing! The main character is brave and real. The story and plot was very interesting and I really liked it! I think you all should read it!
 
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MollyGroff | 1 outra crítica | May 23, 2022 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
28
Also by
1
Membros
5,316
Popularidade
#4,684
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
59
ISBN
141
Marcado como favorito
10

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