The Sugar Camp Quilt: An ELM Creek Quilts Novel

By Jennifer Chiaverini

Book Overview

With Jennifer Chiaverini's trademark historical suspense, The Sugar Camp Quilt blends danger, courage, and romance into a novel of antebellum America.History is thick with secrets in The Sugar Camp Quilt, seventh in the beloved Elm Creek Quilts series from bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini. Set in Creek's Crossing, Pennsylvania, in the years leading up to the Civil War, the novel follows Dorothea Granger's passage from innocence to wisdom against the harrowing backdrop of the American struggle over slavery. She discovers that a quilt she has stitched for her uncle Jacob with five unusual patterns of his own design contains hidden clues to guide runaway slaves along the Underground Railroad. The heroic journey she undertakes leads to revelations about her own courage and resourcefulness--newfound qualities that may win her the heart of the best man she has ever known.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743260198
• ISBN13: 9780743260190
• Release Date: August 1970
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

So good!

Loved this book so much! I couldn't put it down and wished it was longer.

Loved It !!!

I found the book to be so engrossing, that I have been unable to put it down at night. I just finished it and can't wait to buy more. The author does a wonderful job of drawing you in to care about the characters.

Brilliant!!!!

Jennifer Chiaverini did an amazing job with this book. While I'm a fan of all her books, I truly enjoyed this one and felt as though she really captured that period in time. It was also great to gather that insight into the dear friends, and enemies, of Sylvia's ancestors. She did a brilliant job with this book and I hope she takes us back there again!

Best yet

I have read all seven of Jennifer's novels and thought this one was definitely the best yet. I enjoyed the purely historical fiction approach and was very engrossed by the underground railroad theme. This is an exciting novel with terrific character development of Dorothea Granger, who appears briefly in The Runaway Quilt.

Couldn't put it down

I started this book Saturday morning and did not put it down until the wee hours Sunday morning. The story just drew me in and kept me enthralled. I've read all of the Elm Creek Quilts Books and enjoyed the way this one explored minor characters from The Runaway Quilt, my previous favorite. I loved the characters and the fascinating details about history, quilts, and the Underground Railroad. Buy this book if you love great storytelling with compelling characters.

Wonderful Historical Adventure

Jennifer Chiaverini's seventh and best installment in the Elm Creek Quilts series is superb. Every year I am amazed by this author's imagination and talent. I know of no other series that continues to get better and stronger the way the Elm Creek Quilts series does. Personally, I disagree with the previous reviewer who complained about the use of new characters. I love Sylvia, too, but I thought Dorothea was wonderful and would love to see her in more books. (Also, Mr. Liggett, Jonathan, Dorothea, Cyrus, and others all appear in The Runaway Quilt, and I enjoyed seeing them again.) Keep up the great work, Jennifer! PS: Another book with Dorothea, please!!!