Web Book Report
A Line in the Sand
Sherry Garland
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Shannon Ð 3 November 12, 2004 Language Arts |
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Come learn about the wonderful, intriguing,
suspenseful, and interesting history of Texas, Òthe Lone Star State.Ó You can
even learn about some witnesses of the war. Come and also see what these
people went through, wore, ate, and what they did to survive. You donÕt want
to miss this wonderful opportunity! |
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Summary
This book, ÒA Line in
the SandÓ, is about a young thirteen-year-old Texan girl by the name of
Lucinda Lawrence. She lived in Gonzales, Texas with her mother, father, and three
brothers, Willis, Lemuel, and Green. Her very best friendÕs name was Mittie
Roe. During
part of LucindaÕs life, Texas was in war with Mexico, to gain their freedom
and independence. Her brother Willis, and uncle were both in this war.
However, LucindaÕs father was not in the war. This is because he had a
wounded leg, from being trampled by a scared ox. Lucinda
cooked, picked cotton, pecans, nuts, and other foods for her family. She also
cleaned, gathered hen eggs, brushed her motherÕs hair, and other chores. Lucinda
Lawrence had really grown to miss her brother Willis, and soon after, her
brother Lemuel, when he, too, went off to fight in the war, but was captured
by cruel, selfish. people on his way. Then,
Lucinda and her family went to visit her motherÕs brother and sister-in-law,
who were soon to be parents of a baby boy. Finally, when the LawrenceÕs
reached their familyÕs house, the baby boy had already been born! He was
named after George Washington. Finally,
the Lawrence family went home, and reunited with Lemuel and found out about
Willis and LucindaÕs uncleÕs death. They were extremely happy to be once
again with Lemuel, but devastated about the two deaths. The
LawrenceÕs were told that Texas had finally gained their freedom and
independence, and were overjoyed and exceedingly happy about that! |
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Setting & Characters
The setting of this book,
ÒA Line in the SandÓ, is in Gonzales, Texas in 1836. This setting includes
cabins for houses, dirt roads, clear blue skies, and enormous fields. On
these fields are cotton, fruits, and many other foods. Forests with many
animals including hogs, oxen, and raccoons, as well as clean, freshwater
rivers can also be found in Gonzales, Texas. Lucinda Lucinda Lawrence is
a very smart, educated, and loving young girl. This is because she knows how
to read and write, unlike many during her time, and because she is always
looking out for her family. She is also strong, helpful, kind, friendly,
tall, and somewhat shy. Mrs.
Lawrence Mrs. Lawrence is a
loving, caring, kind, lovable, concerned, and generous person. This is
because she is always thinking about others instead of herself. She is also
very helpful, strong, and serious, because she doesnÕt usually give up, and
just keeps on going. Mr. Lawrence Mr. Lawrence is a
strong, tough, powerful, and mighty person. He is always trying and fighting
for his rights. He is also very loving, caring, and kind because he worries
about his family and tries to help people out. Lemuel Lemuel is a
sensitive, loving, and caring person. This is because he really cares and
loves for his family and animals and does not like hunting. He is also very
willing, and helpful because he doesnÕt complain, and listens to his mother
and father. Green Green is a very fun,
energetic, rambunctious, crazy, wild, and fun child. This is because he is a
young boy with a lot of energy and a lot of open space to show that energy. Willis Willis is a very
strong, helpful, willing, patriotic, independent and helpful young man. This
is because he fought for the Texas army with pride and strength. He is also
very loving and caring towards his family. Mittie Mittie is a very
pretty, generous, sensitive, smart, kind, and friendly young girl. She is
also very talented in dancing, and interested in boys. |
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Sherry Garland is a
fifth generation Texan whose great-great grandfather went to Texas while it
was still a Republic. She has always been proud of her heritage and the
intriguing history of Texas, the Lone Star State. Sherry
attended William B. Travis Elementary School when she was young. Then she
attended Sam Houston High School. She said that one of the most fortunate
events of her life happened when her English teacher made the entire class
enter an essay-writing contest, called, ÒWhy I Love Texas.Ó Sherry won the
contest and began her interest in a writing career. Sherry
Garland has written twenty-five books for children, young adults, and adults.
She has received many honors and rewards, including the Texas Institute of
Letters Award, the California Young Readers Medal, and the Western Writers of
America Spur Award. Some examples of her well-known novels, would be, ÒSong
of the Buffalo BoyÓ, ÒShadow of the DragonÓ, and Ò IndioÓ, which were all ALA
Best Books for Young Adults. Sherry
and her husband now both happily live in Houston, Texas.
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In my opinion, I
thought this book was fairly good. I liked the fact the main character in this
book was a girl my age, so I could relate to her on some things. I enjoyed
reading about the olden days and what people went through and did back then.
I also enjoyed reading about what Lucinda and her family wore, ate, did on
special occasions and holiday, and what they did on a daily occurrence. This
book is also about fairly good, because it might be fun comparing our
lifestyles now, to their lifestyles back then, Some
intriguing and interesting examples from the story, would be, ÒLand OÕ
Goshen! The battle is on!Ó and ÒWe were awakened by the most awful shriek.
Nothing can describe it. Then came the pop, pop, pop of the rifles in the
distance. Papa says the scream is the old six- pounder cannon. Lord
Almighty!Ó |
