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The Blue Door (Quilt Trilogy #3)
by
Ann Rinaldi
The final handcrafted installment by award-winning author Ann Rinaldi. "Whether they've covered the previous books or not, readers will enjoy this rip-roaring tale of adventure and suspense."-Kirkus
Amanda Videau had no idea what adventures she'd find on the journey North. But she never expected this After witnessing a crime, she goes into hiding, disguising herself as a w
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Amanda Videau had no idea what adventures she'd find on the journey North. But she never expected this After witnessing a crime, she goes into hiding, disguising herself as a w
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
June 1st 1999
by Scholastic Paperbacks
(first published September 1st 1996)
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The quilt has finally made it home! In the second book, Thankful's part of the quilt gets home and now Abigail's! As soon as I finished Broken Days, I began reading this one and I finished it that night as well!
So now we are into the third generation. Amanda is the granddaughter of Abigail Chelmsford Videau, who ran away in the first book and eloped with Nate Videau. When Amanda's father needs money to run his plantation, Grandmother Abigail sends young Amanda to her relatives in Salem, Massachu...more
So now we are into the third generation. Amanda is the granddaughter of Abigail Chelmsford Videau, who ran away in the first book and eloped with Nate Videau. When Amanda's father needs money to run his plantation, Grandmother Abigail sends young Amanda to her relatives in Salem, Massachu...more
An interesting look into the ends of the era of Slavery from the perspective of a young girl, searching for acceptance and truth, both from her southern family and her northern relatives. She finds herself hiding from a man who has sworn to kill her, and working hard for the first time in her life in a northern fabric mill owned by her great-grandfather.Action, family ties, truth and strength all figure in this book about putting together the pieces of a torn and raveling family quilt. Amanda re...more
This is another great Rinaldi book about a young girl who grows up in the South who is pampered all her life and because of the family being torn apart, she ends up working in a mill in the North. It is a good portrayal of the terrible working conditions in factories at that time and the view of women as property to be used up and thrown out. Amanda learns that she can make a difference in people's lives and that the choices she makes affect others around her. The quilt represents her family bei...more
This time we follow Amanda, the great-granddaughter of the original Mr. Chelmsford. It was weird to read a book with a main character who had the same name as me. My eyes kept automatically finding it on the page; kind of annoying actually. But that didn't ruin the book for me. Not at all. I think that this, the third and final one, is my favorite of the series. Not because of her name, but because of the plot. Amanda Videau is being sent north so that her great-grandfather can see his great-gra...more
Enjoyed the third book in this series. Many issues were brought up in a fair and unbiased way. A good look at social and economic concerns back in 1808. The cottons mills in Lowell, Mass. and the Slavery issues in South Carolina. Women's rights (they had none) and workers rights (they had none). Certainly Young Adult fiction. Good to read as a family and discuss family relationships, and all the other controversial issues that are shared.
Not a great book, but good. Rinaldi has gone from Native American plight to slavery vs. mill worker. Enjoyed that part of the book. Cleverly wove in the main character's importance. Not much emphasis on family in this book which was disappointing. Love it when good triumphs (not with every character in this series, but a general tendency).
It was really interesting to read a trilogy taking place over three generations. It really made me think about how our actions can really change the lives of many people, some we'll never know. I enjoyed this book very much as I did the other two in the series.
I read this trilogy years and years ago. I went through a phase of reading a LOT of Ann Rinaldi. I remember enjoying them but they weren't all-time favorites.
The book was pretty much like the second book; the characters were a new generation, but the plot was similar.
Again this book was just not as good as the first. However it did have a good plot and some nice characters.
It was really good! A nice bittersweet ending is good, so there's nothing cheesy. I feel bad that she had to suffer so much.
I liked the final installment of the series and found it to be a fulfilling ending to the story.
Lowell - decent sense of the mill girls, but little character development
Aug 11, 2009
Paula Bradway
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Good for the history of the cotton industry in the 1840's.
fav. one in series!
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Like a lot of the other reviews have stated: this was a great ending to the trilogy. I still liked the first one the best, but this one wrapped the story up nicely.
I recommend the Quilt Trilogy to all Ann Rinaldi and historical fiction fans.
I recommend the Quilt Trilogy to all Ann Rinaldi and historical fiction fans.
My favorite book in the series and also one of my favorite Rinaldi books. Since I read this one first (not knowing it was part of a series) the nonchalant way that the main character talked about her family (which happens to be very large, complex, and rather dysfunctional) confused me. Other than that, this book was amazing. I got caught up in the action and suspense and finished it in about an hour or so.
I really like historical books, my favorite part of the Quilt Trilogy books is looking in the back after reading it and learning which people in it were real and what parts of the story really happened. I also like looking up the refernce material she used and reading that too. I thought last book in the trilogy the best but you certainly need to read them all and in order.
The final book in the Chelmsford Trilogy. The family cotton mill is a large and successful business. Amanda is sent north to her Great Aunt and Great Grandfather but ends up taking an assumed name and discovers firsthand the hardships of working in her family's mill.
The order I liked this trilogy probably went #1, #3, #2. ;) lol they were all really good though. this one was definitely a page turner!!! =D
This was a good round out to the tirlogy. The three books were a little too alike for me.
Story of the third generation of the Chelmsford family and the Lowell mill girls.
About Lowell, topical and Kara liked it.
about cotton factories in New England
Great historical fiction.
May 15, 2013
Mary Hays
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Apples
marked it as to-read
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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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