Family Reminders by Julie Danneberg

Family Reminders by Julie Danneberg

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


Fast read. I read it in about 45 mins. This means that it probably a good fit for for my third and fourth graders. I sometimes get upset that the WAW titles have so few that the younger kids can actually read independently, but this is one they should be able to handle.



Unfortunately the plot is superficial. Family lives in a mining town, dad mines. He gets injured and the family makes a miraculous adjustment with few problems in only one year. The fact that the family has a nice house with a parlor and upstairs when dad is only miner seems far fetched to me. Mom only has to take in laundry from two miners who overpay her and they are able to keep the house and make ends meet while Dad turns to carving figurines and becomes an artist and craftsman. All due to the upbeat Pollyanna attitude of Mary, the daughter. Mary prods him in to playing the piano again and turning his hobby into full time employment. It seems a bit cheesy but younger kids will probably like this one.

It does not give much detail and feel for a historical fiction


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