This is a story about a girl, Pell Ridley, who has run away from her home the night before her wedding so she doesnt have to live a life of hard work like her mother. It tells a story of how she survives and they people she meets and loses.
The main character is Pell Ridley a women living in a large family with lots of responsibilities. Pell is a brave character determined to get what she wants and for fill all life can offer. She is very strong mined intelligent and makes do with what she has and is very grateful for it.
There is lots of other characters along the way but wouldn't count as a main character. Like ester and her family of travelers, the "dog man" , harris , bean and the rest of her family. All of the characters mentioned have their personalities as if each were a different person.
I love how Meg Rosoff highlighted each person and put so many characters and people in the storyline yet left a little bit of mystery behind each character and relates to it sometimes further in the book. The book is set around the 19th century and I like it how the book portrays life back then and how hard it was back then for families, I have learnt a lot from the book. In the end all the pieces of the puzzle slowly fit together and I like the ending.
However I thought the book could have had some more cliffhangers and big shocks in to make the storyline more exciting and adventurous. There wasn't really a romance just a few hints so I thought the author could have extended on that.
All in all I liked the book and thought it was ok but nothing that captured my imagination and was truly spectacular, though I would recommend some of her other books.
6/10 review by Chloe
Year 8
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