My Name is Sus5an Smith: The 5 Is Silent

By Louise Plummer

Book Overview

The first umbrella in America and a Washington monument that predates the one in the nation's capital were raised in Baltimore. A renowned beauty of the city, Betsy Patterson, married Jerome Bonaparte, but was forbidden by her brother-in-law, Napoleon, from ever setting foot in France. A century later, Wallis Warfield, another Baltimorean, made her own assault on European royalty. Baltimore is the city of Babe Ruth and H.L. Mencken and the final resting-place of Edgar Allan Poe. "The gastronomic metropolis of the Union," according to Oliver Wendell Holmes, it is also the home of Bromo-Seltzer. First published in 1951, The Amiable Baltimoreans presents 250 years of anecdotal history about the city-its buildings, its institutions, its customs, and most of all, its people. Informative, amusing, and sometimes discomforting, it offers an incomparable look into the city's past and revealing insight into the way it seemed to one informed observer thirty years ago.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385300433
• ISBN13: 9780385300438
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 6.0"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Art, family, and lust

This is the story of a girl trying not to be ordinary (hence the 5). She has a passion for art, a passion which her family does not understand. She dreams of showing her art in a gallery, so she makes the trip for her Utah home to live with her aunt in Boston.While in Boston, she finds her mysterious Uncle Willy, who betrayed her family long ago. She was very young then and as far as she was concerned he could do no wrong. This untarnished image carried on in her mind her entire life. She eventually develops a relationship with him and falls in love with him.Susan discovers the hard way that you can't always trust the people you want to, as he robs Susan and her aunt blind before disappearing once again.This is a wonderful coming-of-age story that will hook you in the first paragraph and hold you up until the very end.

Brings out the hidden artist in everyone!

I loved this book because I love art. In a way I find myself like Susan, I might paint, draw, or sketch something that not everyone likes, but I know in my heart that it's good the way it is. I think it brings out the artist in everyone because everyone sees themselves in Susan. I think everyone who read this book felt the pain and anguish inside of Susan when her Uncle ran off with her most prized possesions