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Book Review: Words on Fire by Jennifer A. Nielsen
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Book Review: Words on Fire by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Plumfield Moms

August 7, 20235m 33s

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Perhaps because it is historical fiction (one of my favorite genres), this modern book doesn’t feel quite like a modern book. It does have a certain pacing and dialogue style that is more typical of some modern books, but I enjoyed it and felt that it had a timelessness to it. In fact, as I was reading, it reminded me of Alta Halverson Seymour’s Tangled Skein or maybe a little bit of Hilda van Stockum’s Borrowed House. Both authors told powerful stories about teens in wartime that edified while they entertained. This story is also a good one for our teens to chew on. I suspect that we will do this one as a book club. And I look forward to reading more of her wartime novels.

Full review here: https://plumfieldandpaideia.com/words-on-fire/