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Authors

Katelyn Osborn

Keywords

Excellent, Intermediate, Young Adult, Marthe Jocelyn, Coming Of Age, 20th Century, Women's Rights, Sisters, School, Historical Fiction, Canada

Document Type

Book Review

Abstract

When Mable’s older sister Viola gets a job teaching school in a town far from their home and Mable is assigned to go with her, she is thrilled to be somewhere new and different, where adventures are bound to happen, and she’ll finally have something interesting to write about. Much to Mable’s dismay, life at the Goodhands’ farm is as dull as it was back in her hometown. Between being bossed around by Viola, monotonous chores assigned by the Goodhands, and trying to make friends at her new school, Mable’s ready to give up. But one day while on an errand, she meets Mrs. Rattle, a real life writer, just like Mable wants to be. When Mrs. Rattle asks her to help serve at the Ladies Reading Society meeting, she jumps at the chance. However, Mable soon learns that the Ladies Reading Society isn’t a reading society at all, but a way to meet secretly about something much more important - the burgeoning women’s rights movement - and not everyone in town is happy about it. Will Mable have the courage to stand up with her new friends when she’s given the choice?

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