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Original Title: Cassandra's Sister
ISBN: 0763634646 (ISBN13: 9780763634643)
Edition Language: English URL http://www.candlewick.com/cat.asp?browse=Title&mode=book&isbn=0763634646&pix=n
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Cassandra's Sister Hardcover | Pages: 230 pages
Rating: 3.39 | 311 Users | 72 Reviews

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Title:Cassandra's Sister
Author:Veronica Bennett
Book Format:Hardcover
Book Edition:Deluxe Edition
Pages:Pages: 230 pages
Published:August 14th 2007 by Candlewick (first published 2006)
Categories:Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Romance. Fiction

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How did a country girl named Jenny become the celebrated novelist Jane Austen? A highly engaging historical novel by the author of ANGELMONSTER.

Young Jane — or Jenny, as she is called — is a girl with a head full of questions. Surrounded by her busy parents and brothers, Jenny finds a place for her thoughts in the companionship of her older sister, Cassandra. Theirs is a country life full of balls and visits, at which conversation inevitably centers on one topic: marriage. But the arrival of their worldly-wise cousin disrupts Jenny’s world, bringing answers to some of her questions and providing a gem of an idea. Veronica Bennett invites us into a society where propriety and marriage rule hand in hand, a milieu in which Jenny finds inspiration to write the masterpieces PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and SENSE AND SENSIBILITY — a world where a clever young girl will one day become the beloved Jane Austen.

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At first, I was uncomfortable referring to Jane as Jenny because Jenny doesn't cut it for the author Jane Austen. But I eventually got over that because it fits into the story of Jane asserting her adulthood. There wasn't much Tom Lefroy as I had hoped (having watched Becoming Jane for an unhealthy amount) but those three times they met was enough to make me feel giddy, and happy and fall in love along with them. The book mostly focused on her Cassandra, her dearly beloved sister, of course

I haven't enjoyed a book this much in a while. It's apparent that the author did a lot of research and she took an interesting slant on Austen's life by telling the story mostly through her sister's eyes. I can't help but wish that Austen's life had ended up differently every time I read about it...I was truly sad to see this book end and I think that's always the mark of a good book!This is a wonderful introduction to Jane Austen's world for any child.

VERY 'YA' lit historical based fictional telling of Jane Austen and her sister at a partiular time in their lives. I am a JA fan and love all kinds of pov on her works and life, but this was a little too silly and didn't conviningly scratch the surface. There were no new ideas, and not much insight.Too bad, because YA could use some good JA stuff.

A fictionalized biography of Jane Austen from the ages 17-27, focusing on possible inspirations for characters and situations in her novels.I was impressed that the writer didnt fall into the trap of so many writers when covering a long span of years in a short book; the book didnt feel like a summary or telling instead of showing. She also managed to do this without gaps of more than a year or so. My only complaint is that she started the book with an entirely gratuitous scene; the beheading of

This was such an interesting book, from a lot of different standpoints. I ordered it from another library (didn't have it where I work), and I saw that it was classified in Juvenile fiction, rather than young adult fiction. Would anybody from ages 8 to 12 read this book? Would anybody from ages 12 to 20? I really hope so. I think it's a lovely one. I have a love and appreciation for Austen that probably borders on the mildly goony, so it's hard to separate my reactions to anything Austen related

I read this book because of the beautiful cover and because I needed to fill a square on my book bingo. This was not the type of book I am use to reading and if it hadn't been for filling in a square I may have put it down and never picked it up again. Not because it was bad writing but because it is not the type of writing that I enjoy reading. Overall, now that I can look back on what I read I realize that this is the way many lives were back before television and social media where parties

Charming little story about the life of Jane Austen. It was a fast, pleasant read, though at times I thought the author was trying too hard to be like Austen's own novels. I enjoyed the story... until the part where she refused Harris' proposal. Reading the epilogue and knowing that it was true she died a spinster was thoroughly depressing. That tainted the whole book for me.