With supervision why not ...

For a change of fashion diaries why not the epistolary novel? Yes then here is not quite right. Were simultaneously two stories nested into each other. This is the story of Emily, a 16 year old girl living in the 19th century that has just lost his father. The consequence of this terrible event is that it must move to a smaller house. And there she found old letters in her room writing a century earlier by her sister Charlotte.

The result is that half of the book consists of letters of Charlotte, this not slow down even when bad storytelling. I always struggle to appreciate the flashback, the it is more or less the same principle.

The problem I have is that this book is for young tweens (see children) and that there is still a lot of moral lessons on religion and the vision of this period of history is quite disturbing. I'm not saying it's wrong, I was not born (hehe) but I am not persuaded that this is a book that can let a child read without accompaniment (or pre-reading to meet his questions). Not being a believer I can not accede to the message of the book but I can understand that it may appeal to some.

After the book is very well written and we want to know the future. I recommend just to adults to read before offering it to a child.