Robin Friedman
Claire A. Nivola
Houghton Mifflin Company
Copyright 2005
15 pages
Historical Fiction
This book is about a young girl Named Lula McLean who lives in Manassas, Virginia in 1861. She grew up with her mother, father, sisters, brother, and rag doll. Her story begins as Fort Sumter is bombarded by soldiers under command of General Pierre G.T. Beauregard. The book goes on to talk about how the war affects Lula's life. She ends up having to move from the home she grew up in. Who, in the end, is the silent witness? Read Robin Friedman's A Silent Witness to find out!
The illustrations are really beautiful. You can tell that this book is set in earlier time period. The medium of the illustrations are water colors as well as gauche. There are both warm and cool colors throughout the story but most are cool. There are no sketched lines throughout; it is just the paint and gauche.
This would be a wonderful book to use to introduce a lesson on the civil war. It brings the view of a young child to the surface which would be relatable to the students. It could also be used as a writing lesson where the students could write about what they think the civil war would look like through their eyes. You could also do a math lesson and measure on a map the distance the troops had to travel. This book has not been awarded any medals.
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