Book review 04 (Lizzie's hidden message)

"Thanks for sharing Lizzie's story with me"

I read a book. The book name is "Lizzie's hidden message" It was very interesting. Beth and her grandmother appeared in this story. Beth’s mother was a nurse. So Beth has to stay her grandmother’s house. She was doing homework at her grandmother’s house. My house same her house when I was child. My mother was office lady. So I had to go to grandmother’s house. It was so boring life for me. I think her too.
Then Beth asked help for her grandmother. She had homework about the civil war. She said “Gran, can you please help me? I have to describe the life of an American living before the civil war.” And her grandmother said “My most valuable treasure is something from just before the civil war.” I was assigned homework when I was elementary school student. I studied about war many times.
“I will show you” said grandmother. “It is in the chest in the attic.” Beth watched excitedly as grandmother lifted the lid of the chest. The treasure might be jewelry, I think. As grand mother took out a big square of material, Beth peered in to the chest. I did not understand it. “This quilt is the treasure.” She said. I did not think that quilt is not treasure. But Grandmother said “This quilt was made by my great-grandmother, Lizzie, when she was 15 years old.” I was surprised. I am 20 years old but I can’t make it. Lizzie was slave. Lizzie’s family was owned by a farmer in Kentucky. I was surprised, because there is not slave in Japan now. They had to work for the farmer, and do what he ordered them to do. If they did not work hard enough they were published. I can’t do that thing. But they have to do it. It is very sad thing.
I think that we have to abolish the slavery. And we must not repeat the war.

Julie E, 2007, Lizzie's hidden message, THOMSON*NELSON

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