Boston Jane: An Adventure

Philadelphia 1849: Jane ist elf Jahre alt, als William in ihr Leben tritt. Er möchte Arzt werden und lernt bei Janes Vater. Jane ist von William fasziniert. Als der junge Mann in den Westen auswandert, um dort sein Glück zu suchen, ist Jane traurig. Doch dann erhält sie per Post einen Heiratsantrag......more

It wasn’t as good as I remembered it being but I think that’s because it’s for ages 8-10. 9 year old me loved this series and it is good, but for 8-10 year olds.......more

This oftentimes humorous account of a young girl growing up without a mother, in Philadelphia, was priceless to read! The insecurities of this young girl, the whole reason she left home to go and meet her husband -- all of it reveals the character of this Jane Peck. She is absolutely a selfish, uppi......more

Three andc 1/2 stars, really. Jane (actually from Philadelphia) grows up a rascally hoyden, under the kindly, but offhand guidance of her sensible and tolerant, but not particularly attentive, father--until she meets William, her physician father's attractive assistant. Inspired by him, and by her r......more

The first book that I read that I really enjoyed as a youth was The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi. It was a girls adventure in being something other than what she was expected and surviving across the sea and into the wild lands of the new Americas. When I saw this cover with a girl and......more