Hear the Wind Blow

My grandson finished this and really wanted me to read it. Great story and the writing was excellent.......more

The main theme of this book is how life was during the civil war. The main characters name is Haswell and he lives in Virginia. He has a sister named Rachael and a brother named Avery. His father died in the war and his brother was fighting in the war. During the war his mom dies and he goes on a j......more

I had to read this book for school and I really enjoyed it. You see when I was a kid I loved reading Mary Downing Hahn books especially the ghost ones like Wait till Helen Comes, The old Willis Place, Witch Catcher and many others. So when my teacher gave us a list of books is to pick one to read fo......more

Heartbreaking book about the bloody end of the Civil War. This wasn’t a typical Mary Downing Hahn book, but it did have the same amount of suspense and I was on the edge of my seat many times while reading. I would recommend this for mature 5th graders and up. There were some events that were a litt......more

The book Hear the Wind Blow by Mary Downing Hahn is a great book with many reasons that someone should want to read it. I, personally, enjoyed reading this book because I thought it was a very well written plot that was paced very well. This is an important factor to me because it makes it easier t......more