McDougal Littell Literature Connections: In My Father s House Student Editon Grade 8

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Many of the fiercest battles of the Civil War were fought in the home. Oscie Mason knows this all too well.

The first shots of the war were fired on her front lawn - a sign of things to come. Oscie's a proud daughter of the Old South, but her stepfather, Will McLean, thinks the world of her childhood must change. Oscie won't accept anything he has to say. And the tension between them is about to explode.

To escape the war, Will McLean moves the...

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Overview

Many of the fiercest battles of the Civil War were fought in the home. Oscie Mason knows this all too well.

The first shots of the war were fired on her front lawn - a sign of things to come. Oscie's a proud daughter of the Old South, but her stepfather, Will McLean, thinks the world of her childhood must change. Oscie won't accept anything he has to say. And the tension between them is about to explode.

To escape the war, Will McLean moves the family to a quiet town called Appomattox. But the war will follow them there, as sure as the hurtful battle will continue in Oscie's home, and in her heart. Can Oscie call a truce - or will all that she cherishes become a casualty of war?

For two sisters growing up surrounded by the Civil War, there is conflict both outside and inside their house.

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Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly
Oscie struggles with her stepfather as the Civil War rages on. Ages 12-up. (Nov.)
The ALAN Review - Barbara G. Samuels
Oscie resents her mother's marriage to Will McLean and hates the changes he makes in her family. He hires a Yankee tutor for his stepdaughters, takes over management of the plantation, and pushes Oscie to become a strong decision-maker and thinker. Oscie's spirit and intelligence help her through changes in the Old South, a misguided romance, the dangers of war, and the family's move from Manassas to Appomattox. Based on events in the lives of Wilmer McLean on whose property the Civil War started and ended, the novel is rich in detail. Rinaldi has researched the period thoroughly and includes details such as lessons a tutor would have taught, arguments about the John Brown massacre, and debates on Lincoln's election. But the essence of the book is the compelling character and story of Oscie McLean, the girl who grows from child to woman during the years from 1852 to 1865.
Carolyn Phelan
Rinaldi notes that her novel is based on this quirk of historical coincidence: the first battle of the Civil War took place on the Manassas farm of Wilmer McLean, who eventually moved with his family to Appomattox, where the Civil War ended with Lee's surrendering to Grant in the McLeans' parlor. While some facts are known about the McLean family, the framework is bare enough to give Rinaldi full rein in creating an involving historical novel. Oscie, the narrator, begins the story as a seven-year-old girl who regards McLean suspiciously, just as any young girl might regard a prospective stepfather; by the end, she is a young woman who understands and respects him. While Oscie never sounds quite as young as seven, her transformation from child to woman is convincingly portrayed against a backdrop of the changing South before, during, and slightly after the Civil War. Rinaldi's interest in Wilmer McLean, who began by giving his farm to the cause and later profiteered in sugar, pulls the focus of the novel away from Oscie's story at times. This is, in any case, a story of many intertwining threads rather than one with a strong, central theme. Many readers will find they can't put it down.
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  • ISBN-13: 9780395889336
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Publication date: 1/1/1998
  • Pages: 368
  • Age range: 13 years

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