Charlotte
Publication Information
Author:  Lunn, Janet	Illustrator:  Deines, Brian
Title:  Charlotte	Date:  1998
Publisher:  Tundra	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0887763839	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction, true story
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
When 10-year-old Charlotte's father forbids her to associate with her cousins because her uncle was a royalist in the American Revolution, she disobeys with lifelong consequences. The book includes an Afterword about Charlotte's later life.
Teaching Ideas:
Students should enjoy prediction and inference strategies about what happens to Charlotte after the story ends and what clues lead them to think so. They could compare their ideas with the afterword material. Students could write journal entries or letters written but never sent from mother to daughter or from daughter to mother. Students may want to evaluate Charlotte's father's decision or to explore other family feuds. They might want to discuss or write about how the Royalists felt about relocating or how Charlote's story survived. This book would make an interesting addition to a text set about children and war.
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Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > group > relationships Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > loss Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > relocation, personal Family > family history Family > father > father-child relationships History > time period > 18th Century History > region > U.S. history History > region > U.S. history > American Revolution Family > extended family Social Studies > sociology > women > women's issues

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