I adored this book. If I see it at book store, I plan to purchase it.
In the fall of 1930, the Great Depression has just begun to grip the nation. Araminta ("Minty") Sparkes and Eglantine ("Eggs") Sparkes are traveling with their father ("Pop") by car to their Aunt Amy's house ( their deceased mother's sister). Their dreamy, poetry-loving father has once again lost a job. As they travel in the Wisconsin woods, their car dies, forcing them to take residence in a summer cottage along a lake. Pop promises that they will pay rent to the owners. Minty, the sensible one, cannot comprehend how they will earn any money to pay rent while hiding in the secluded cottage. The threesome remains there throughout the winter, welcoming a runaway named Joe and eventually two strangers who may be holding a greater secret than the Sparkes family.
I loved how Pop was constantly quoting poetry.
**Highly, highly recommend.
Points to discuss/considerations: lying, the family is living in someone else's home without a way to pay for it, Joe has run away from his mom who has remarried (he does not like his step-father), the view of the Native Americans may be offensive to some-a nun calls them "heathens", In the chapter "Heathen Dancers", Minty admits she has never thought much about God but prays to Him that one night.
-Borrowed from the library.
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