Boston Jane: Wilderness Days

by Jennifer L. Holm

Book Overview

Girls looking for adventure, romance, and a strong heroine will love the second book in this action-packed historical trilogy by three-time Newbery Honor winner and New York Times bestselling author... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060290439
• ISBN13: 9780060290436
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

Best Book Ever!!!!!

Boston Jane written by Jennifer L. Holm is an amazing story that turns a girl's life into an adventure. The significant meaning of this story is shown throughout the book without you knowing, "You make your own luck." It has all of the different elements that I think of a good book as, adventurous, some romance, and a surprising, but happy ending.

One of the Greatest Books of all Time

This book is one of the greatest books of all time! It includes all of the elements I love in books- romance, adventure, and a happy ending. The world has never seen anything as wonderful as Boston Jane: Wilderness Days. It is my favorite book in the series! Jennifer L. Holm is a genius!

Boston Jane: Wilderness days

This is a great book 2nd in a serse, adventure,Romance, and wild animals. It's set in the 1850's, and is told from the view of Jane Peck, 16, a finishing school graduate with eddictate issues and apparently commetment issues, who has traveled across the contient to marry her childhood idol, but she had now found that he only wanted to marry her so he could get twice the land but when she showed up she found she had been dumped by her fiancee' for another woman, and is left stranded in the wilderness. soon after the first blow she recieves a letter from her father mailed after his death, feeling more lost and alone, she soon falls into a depression, she resents herself and the local men and the newest arrival a young woman by the name of Mrs Frink, who seems gracious and Charming, she seems like everything that irritates Jane she seems perfect and gets better treatment form the locals than Jane ever did, also she seems to reject the right guy, Jehu the young sailor who seems to be in love with her, she believes his intentions are wrong and that he could never be the right guy for her (of course we know he is the right guy!) and now she didn't even have the money to leave the bay then when all seems lost to Jane, she meets a gentlemen who comes around asking for her protector Mr Russell after the men have left for a couple of days, he gives her a gold watch to pay for her journey to Philedelphia. But then Jane learns that his intentions are to kill Mr Russell, now she must travel across the wilderness to stop him with jehu and her Native American freind Keer-ukso before he murders Mr Russell. this was a great book, a sure page turner, although her nagging does get a little irritating at times, but she is interesting and it's humorous, Jennifer L Holm as always keeps us guessing till the end and leaves us satisfied at the end, I can't wait till the third installment of the Boston Jane serise Boston Jane: the claim; coming in march 2004

5 star sequel!

"Boston Jane Series: Wilderness Days" was a very good sequel to "Boston Jane: An Adventure" and not at all disappointing. The only disappointing part was that it ended! The characters have the same feel, and Holm was not afraid to break the teen barrier and give some "adult" situations. Although, at times I found everyone a little too modern. I cannot wait for the third installment - I recommend.

A Proper Young Lady finds her feet at last!

If you haven't read Holm's first book in this series, "Boston Jane: An Adventure" and her Newbery honor winner, "Our Only May Amelia," pick them up now! Then dig into "Wilderness Days." Holm continues her fascination with the America's Paciific Northwest with the story of Jane Peck, a young girl from Philadelphia (in the 1850s) who follows a foolish young man to the Washington frontier. But whereas, in Book 1, proper and upright Miss Peck was newly come to the frontier, with its grubby men and lack of manners, in "Wilderness Days" she has to confront not only her decision to stay on the frontier, but also her basic notions of home, family, and friends. She also gets a rude awakening when a REAL "proper young lady" joins her frontier community. All of this drama takes place against a rich historical backdrop, including the climactic real-life rendezvous between Washington state's first governor, Isaac Stevens, and the native tribes of the Pacific Northwest (the members of whom are friends of young Miss Peck) that would decide the fate of the Indians, settlers, and future generations of Americans. Not a book any schoolkid should miss!