After The Rain: Virginia's Civil War Diary (2002) - Plot & Excerpts
Ten-year-old Virginia Dickens, along with her father, older brother Jed, and Jed's wife Jane Ellen, have left Gettysburg to move to Washington, D.C. in the fall of 1864. Jed hopes to become a newspaper reporter, but instead finds himself in a dull, low-paying job setting type. The family finds themselves living a tiny house, unable to even afford to send Ginny to school. The Civil War is finally coming to an end, but the winter is still a long and bleak one. Ginny's father is badly injured and is unable to work, and Ginny herself must take a job as a servant in a wealthy home to help make ends meet. But there is a bright spot, as Ginny looks forward to the birth of Jed and Jane Ellen's new baby. I highly recommend Virginia's second diary to all fans of the My America series.
This second book was better then the first. It could be that there were more moments I could relate to like Virginia letting envy get into her heart because her family was poor and she worked for a rich family with children her age that got more than her. Yes I could relate to that. While this book was pretty down for the most part it wasn’t down the whole time. It like life had it’s ups and downs where in the first book I didn’t see much ups at all.Although this is a second book in Virginia’s books it can be read by it self. I can see this one making a good book report for the kids.
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