The Taking of Jemima Boone by Matthew Pearl

The Taking of Jemima Boone

Matthew Pearl

288 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced

Description

On a quiet midsummer day in 1776, weeks after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, thirteen-year-old Jemima Boone and her friends Betsy and Fanny Callaway disappear near the Kentucky settlement of Boonesboro, the echoes of their faraway...

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Moods

informative 95%
adventurous 70%
inspiring 20%
dark 15%
emotional 15%
tense 15%
challenging 10%
reflective 10%
funny 5%
hopeful 5%
sad 5%

Pace

medium 78%
slow 21%

Average rating

3.6

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