The Rebellion of Jane Clarke, (Paperback)

from cathyskye

First Line: May 6, 1769. Jane Clarke stood in the sedge growth on the lip of the dune and looked out over the half-drained bay, the ribbons of sand rising up through the retreating water. Jane Clarke is a daddy's girl, but recent events in the small village of Satucket on Cape Cod have made the t...

from stefferoo

I love historical fiction -- in fact, it is my second favorite genre behind fantasy. Even so, I could be quite particular about the kind of books I like to read. In historical fiction, for example, there are themes and specific time periods that I prefer. Admittedly, American history in the 1700s...

from Unreachableshelf

A reasonably pleasant book that does a good job of portraying the confusion of the years before the American Revolution, with neither side innocent of violence or of provoking the other. However, Jane's distinguishing characteristics are limited to a tendency to be reflective, which leaves her a ...

from julie10reads

After she refuses to marry the suitor her father picked for her, Jane Clarke is sent to live with her aunt in Boston, where she witnesses the Boston Massacre, an incident that causes her to reevaluate the conflicts in her own life. Summary LibraryThing The third of Ms Gunning's Satucket novels-...

from ReviewsbyMolly

Sally Gunning is a new-to-me author, but one I quickly became a fan of. She's got a talent for making her story, full of rich, historical detail, complex characters and mystery, come to life. Each of her characters spoke volumes amongst the pages and held my attention until the end of the story. ...