Emily of the Wild Rose Inn, 1858

by Jennifer Armstrong

Book Overview

In 1858, the tensions between the North and South reach the Wild Rose Inn, as the Stockwells, a wealthy Southern family, visit the Inn with their slave, Moses, and young Emily MacKenzie wishes she... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553299093
• ISBN13: 9780553299090
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Starfire
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

Emily of the Wild Rose Inn

I thought this was an excellent book. Emily has growing feelings for the son of a slave owner called Blount, but her adopted sister, Lucy, falls in love with Moses, Blount's family slave. Emily must decide whether to help Lucy or betray her. I thought it was an incredibly moving book and Blount seemed so caring and good-looking that it was almost not real. But the author managed to make Blount real, along with the rest of the characters.

Great story

This book was great. It was interesting to read and showed you what it was really like where Emily lived. This goes back to 1858 near the time when slavery was common in the United States. A rich family from Virgina stay at the Wild Rose Inn with their slave, Moses. Emily knows slavery is wrong and wants to help Moses; but her growing feelings for their son, Blount, hold her back. I definetly recomend this book.

This book is the best

I loved this book very much. I really felt like I was standing there next to emily and Blount. How the author discribes Blount, he stole my heart.

I loved this book!

Emily MacKenzie lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts, in 1858, and helps run her family's inn. Lucy, Emily's best friend and adopted sister, is a free black who falls in love with the slave of a Southern family staying a the inn. Emily is in love with the family's son, Blount. Will Emily do what is right or sacrafice her beliefs for love?