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Cast Two Shadows: The American Revolution in the South
by
Ann Rinaldi
In South Carolina in 1780, fourteen-year-old Caroline sees the Revolutionary War take a terrible toll on her family and friends, and comes to understand the true nature of war.
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
March 1st 2004
by Graphia
(first published October 1st 1998)
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I've read several of Ann Rinaldi's YA historical novels. I always love them and learn from them. This one featured a young white-skinned black girl being raised as white by her white plantation master father, his wife and family. The American Revolution is beginning and the members of her family are ambivalent about which side to support. They begin as Tories, but are faced with "popinjay" (Redcoat) attrocities and must make hard choices. The British occupiers are arrogant and treat patriots muc...more
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Another fantastic Rinaldi read. It starts off immediately with a very rough passage that really sets an immediately serious, emotional tone for the rest of the book. I had never realized that the Revolutionary War in the South was more like a civil war in that neighbors used the war as an excuse to exact revenge or loot and pillage rivals, adopting whatever side was convenient for them, and Rinaldi really brought that to light in a very vivid way.
I also never cease to admire how she finds so ma...more
I also never cease to admire how she finds so ma...more
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Dec 15, 2011
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Cast Two Shadows is a book full of suspense. Caroline, the main character, is a young girl living through the Revolutionary War. Her life is full of troubles and worries.Her brother is seriously injured out in the middle of nowhere and she needs to go rescue him with her grandmother in the time of four days. On the way down to get him, she runs into more problems. There are homeless people in need of her help and with her grandmother's remedies they can't resist but to help everyone. While on th...more
Cast Two Shadows is A Good Historical fiction book. The book informs you about what happened in the American Revolution using made up characters, Only the leaders or generals that are head of in army are real life people. The Setting of the story was in Camden South Carolina in 1780. This is a few of the books that I enjoyed. I recommend this book for people who like to read about history. This book is by Ann Rinaldi.
For my second Read Write Recommend book I read " Cast Two Shadows" by Ann Rinaldi. This story from personally less-understood point of view of loyalist family during the Revolutionary War, is something that instantly caught my eye. The eye catching title, and not an easily understood one, is explained at the stories end and really is a great way to tie the story together. You feel like you are on a journey with Caroline, the main character, and feel the ups and downs she encounters. The contrast...more
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Feb 03, 2013
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Eighth grade history teachers, eighth grade English teachers, middle school librarians
This book gives readers a glimpse of what the American Revolution was like in the southern part of the "country". Most history classes focus on the events that occurred in the New England states, so this will give students a different perspective on the Revolutionary War. It is also from a girl's-not a man or a soldier's-point of view, which adds another different perspective for readers.
Eighth grade history teachers could use this book to supplement their lessons on the Revolutionary War. middl...more
Eighth grade history teachers could use this book to supplement their lessons on the Revolutionary War. middl...more
Caroline Whitaker is fourteen-years-old, and is witnessing the American Revolution first hand. A British officer and army had commandeered her home. Her father (a Patriot) has been imprisoned, her brother Johnny (a Loyalist) is wounded, and the British, before her eyes, hang her best friend. Her sister is becoming the mistress to the cruel British officer who has stolen their house.
Adding to Caroline’s fears and self-doubt, she knows she is the result of her father's dallianace with one of his s...more
Adding to Caroline’s fears and self-doubt, she knows she is the result of her father's dallianace with one of his s...more
I highly value a well written, well researched historical fiction that shifts my paradigms. I had never considered the differences of the American Revolutionary War between the North and the South. The plot of this novel revolves around the British "Campaigns in the Carolinas". In essence, this time-period was a pre-cursor to the Civil War.
Ann Rinaldi is a skilled researcher and writer and I enjoyed reading her 'Author's Note', distinguishing between facts and fact-based fiction as well as her...more
Ann Rinaldi is a skilled researcher and writer and I enjoyed reading her 'Author's Note', distinguishing between facts and fact-based fiction as well as her...more
Historical fiction about the South during the American Revolution. This one is definitely a YA novel. I liked the book -- I especially like that Rinaldi tells you at the end what is fact and what id fiction. I think the main female character is much stronger than the females in the other Rinaldi novels I have read and that contributed to my enjoyment of the book.
I read this because I am deciding on its suitability for the 3rd-5th grade library I found it in. I will be moving this one to the mid...more
I read this because I am deciding on its suitability for the 3rd-5th grade library I found it in. I will be moving this one to the mid...more
Oct 09, 2010
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This book takes place during the American Revolution, in 1780. The main character is a girl named Caroline, her rebel father has been arrested and her brother is fighting for the British. She learns her brother has been injured and takes her "grandmother", Miz Meindy to go to his aid.
Caroline has an extremely selfish sister, Georgia Ann, who very much cares more about herself and the way she looks than her her family. She is being courted by a British colonel, Rawdon.
I think this book is writt...more
Caroline has an extremely selfish sister, Georgia Ann, who very much cares more about herself and the way she looks than her her family. She is being courted by a British colonel, Rawdon.
I think this book is writt...more
It was an amazing book!!!!!
Caroline was a very strong, independent and brave character. She wanted to take care of her family, and
I think that she kind of stepped in to be the substitute dad, since he was put in jail. She took care of her mother (not real mother) and even though her sister is older, Caroline acts more mature. She had the guts to stand up to Colonel Rawdon when no one else did. Caroline and her almost-brother saved a lot of people, but it was all thanks to Caroline, because she...more
Caroline was a very strong, independent and brave character. She wanted to take care of her family, and
I think that she kind of stepped in to be the substitute dad, since he was put in jail. She took care of her mother (not real mother) and even though her sister is older, Caroline acts more mature. She had the guts to stand up to Colonel Rawdon when no one else did. Caroline and her almost-brother saved a lot of people, but it was all thanks to Caroline, because she...more
This is a cozy sort of read -- after you get past the prologue. I didn't connect with the characters as much as I usually do, so I was able to sit back and enjoy the book without really worrying what would happen. I LIKED the characters all right, Caroline was excellent and Johnny and Miz Melindy were good too, but the plot wasn't as tense as some of her others. I really enjoyed it, though, and learned some interesting things.
Mrs. Rinaldi seems partial to having her male characters have blue or...more
Mrs. Rinaldi seems partial to having her male characters have blue or...more
Cast two shadows was amazing book full of suspense. Ann Rinaldi uses an amazing sense of knowledge throughout the book about the Revolutionary War. The main character Caroline is very strong headed. she is brave enough to go fetch her brother home who is injured. she get to bond with her real grandmother. after she finds out a surprising secret about her brother she does the same. At home Colonel Rawden is in her house, but come to find out he is in love with Carloines sister Georgia Ann and she...more
This is a different approach to the story of the American Revolution told from the viewpoint of the South, a much different war than that fought in the North. Caroline Whitaker witnesses her best friend hanged, her father taken to prison, and her brother fighting the Loyalists while she and her mother and sister are forced to stay upstairs in their home while the rest of their home is being occupied by a British colonel. The story is exciting and made me appreciate the price paid for our freedom...more
Well, not strictly Georgia, the Carolinas, but 'in the region'. I read this as part of my reading to understand a bit about the area where my son and family are living. I've read modern Georgian authors, and Ferrol Sams about the turn of the 20th century, Gone with the wind about the civil war, so I guess this one is my earliest historical foray in the Americas.
But for a dip into the journal of someone who lived through the American War of Independance, this one was the nearest I have got to...more
But for a dip into the journal of someone who lived through the American War of Independance, this one was the nearest I have got to...more
There's good history in here. I liked how through "Cast Two Shadows", "Time Enough for Drums", "The Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre", "Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons", "Finishing Becca" and "A Ride into Morning: The Story of Tempe Wick", Rinaldi gives a great overview of the American Revolution for people from all walks of life. In "Cast Two Shadows" we get a Southerner's perspective. Here the Revolutionary War is more than politics and talk between men, but a bitter war betwe...more
I remember reading this along with the class back in middle school. We understood the plot, historical elements, and I really enjoyed it. From what I remember, Caroline is a strong protagonist (in both her prose and actions), her sister is such an unlikable traitor (honestly, I still cannot believe she could care less like that!), and I felt sympathy for the rest of her family. The story is interesting, feels very real, and is well-paced.
Interesting book set in Camden SC during the Revolutionary war. A family with members in both the loyalist camp and the patriot camp, and the struggles they go through. Nice window into the time period. Caroline, the 14 year old girl who tells the story, is a strong and interesting girl approaching womanhood, struggling with the truths and inconsistencies in the world around her. Will offer to the granddaughters when they come tomorrow.
This book is about a girl named Caroline who has a brother fighting as a loyalist, and a father in jail for being a rebel. Caroline's real mother was half negra and was shipped to the West Indies. Caroline's brother gets injured after striking an officer. Caroline and her negra grandmother go to get him. when they get him and come back the Brittish officer occupying their home gets mad and burns their home.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book--I couldn't put it down. It's a different (but true to history) take on the very different nature of the Revolutionary War in the South. As the author states in her notes, it wasn't just about American vs. British, it was about family member vs. family member, and the rich planter vs. the backwoodsman. All the elements that would make up the Civil War in the South later on are fundamentally apparent in the Revolutionary War to some degree. But the author does such...more
This historical fiction takes you into the heart of the American Revolution in the south. I have been quite exposed to the Civil War in the south but had never thought about how the revolutionary war affected them. It would fall under the category of adolescent literature, the protagonist is a 16 year old girl, but I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Sep 09, 2010
Sharon
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I’ve read a number of Ann Rinaldi’s historical fiction in the past, and I was quickly reminded what a good writer she is. Cast Two Shadows is about the American Revolution in the Southern colonies, seen through the eyes of young Caroline Whitaker. It is through a long journey with her grandmother in an attempt to save her wounded Loyalist brother that she comes to terms with the complexity of her life caused by the war (her Patriot father is imprisoned, and her sister becomes the doxy of a Briti...more
Was doing library duty for B's class and was in need a of new book. Found this in the Historical Fiction section! Loved this from beginning to end. The young heroine is so charming and the story moves quickly. I hope I can talk Haley into reading it. I will look for more from this author.
I believe this is my favorite book thus far that I have read by Ann Rinaldi. I laughed and I cried numerous times. Rinaldi has written so many historical fiction books it will take quite some time to read all of them which is one of my goals.
This book was for my History project. But I disided to read it at home instead of just at school. It was a really good book and it tought you alot about The American Revolution In The South and I am so glad that I disided to read this book.
Rinaldi stays true to the the time period and events happening during the American Revolution throughout this novel. I love the family dynamics and the way she made the story seem realistic to what might have actually happened.
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Ann Rinaldi (b. August 27, 1934, in New York City) is a young adult fiction author. She is best known for her historical fiction, including In My Father's House, The Last Silk Dress, An Acquaintance with Darkness, A Break with Charity, and Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons. She has written a total of forty novels, eight of which were listed as notable by the ALA. In 2000, Wolf by the Ears was lis...more
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I like historical fiction too. I might try this one especially because it's set in SC.
Mrs. Spratt
Mar 24, 2008 08:15am