Really good way to learn about a little known religious sect, but since no Washing machine, and the circular saw, to name a few), and this book is a
(like how many inventions they were responsible for: the clothespin, a type of
I did learn lots of interesting things about Shakers Throw in something else relevant so it seems like a normal Dear America book”Īnd Lowry went with the Spanish flu. It’s like Lowry was enthralled by the Shaker life (asĮvident in the Historical Note) and wanted to write a book about it, so sheĬontacted Scholastic and asked, and Scholastic said, “Okay, but you have to Today, there are only two Shakers remaining (and at Sabbathday Lake, the setting of the book). The Shakers, thus called because they used to “shake” and dance during worship, are a sect of Christianity founded around 1747. This book has a brief mention of the Spanish influenza epidemic, and even briefer mentions of WWI, but the main focus is a on a group of people, not an event: the Shakers. Most Dear America books focus on events, like the Great Depression or World War I, or periods of time (factory work, immigration, etc.).
Rating: 2/5 Like the Willow Tree has a fairly unique (and odd) setting/focus. Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, by Lois Lowry, was published in 2011 by Scholastic.
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