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Hazel
Contributor(s): Hearn, Julie (Author)

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ISBN: 141692504X     ISBN-13: 9781416925040
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
OUR PRICE: $15.29  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2009
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Annotation: A teen girl in the British Caribbean in 1913 comes face-to-face with the suffagette movement and slavery in "Hazel," Julie Hearn's follow-up to "Ivy."
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family)
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Europe
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2008053961
Age Level: 12-17
Grade Level: 7-12
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.6" W x 8.3" L (1.05 lbs) 400 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1919
- Cultural Region - British Isles
- Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Price on Product
Review Citations: Booklist 09/01/2009 pg. 82
Kirkus Review - Children 10/15/2009
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2009 pg. 675
School Library Journal 12/01/2009 pg. 120
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2010
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2010 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2010 - Superior,Well Above Average
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 134770
Reading Level: 5.5   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 14.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
Hazel Louise Mull-Dare has a good life, but it's so dull. With an adoring father who grants her every wish, a place in the Kensington School for the Daughters of Gentlemen, and no pressure to excel in anything whatsoever, her future looks primly predictable.

But on the day of the Epsom Derby -- June 4, 1913 -- everything changes. A woman in a dark coat steps in front of the king's horse, in protest at the injustice of denying women the vote. She dies days later, bringing further attention to the suffragist cause. Young Hazel is transfixed. And when her bold new friend Gloria convinces her to take on the cause, Hazel gets her first taste of rebellion.

But doing so leads her into greater trouble than she could have ever imagined. Such great trouble that she is banished from London, all the way to where her family fortune originates -- a sugar plantation in the Caribbean. There Hazel is forced to confront the dark secrets of her family -- secrets that have festered, and a shame that lingers on.


Contributor Bio(s): Hearn, Julie: - Julie Hearn was born in Abingdon, England, near Oxford, and has been writing all her life. After studying to be a journalist, she worked in Australia and lived in Spain, before returning to England, where she worked as a features editor and columnist. She is now a full-time writer. Her first book published in the United States was The Minister's Daughter.
 
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