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The Sugar Camp Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts Series #7) | 
| Author: Jennifer Chiaverini
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Category: Book
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Rating:  45 reviews
Sales Rank: 7966
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 336
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.4 x 1.1
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
ASIN: B0012FB9V6
Publication Date: January 10, 2006
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A week after Uncle Jacob's death, Abel Wright came to pay his respects. Dorothea Granger took him to the grave and stood some distance away while he bowed his head in silent prayer. Then he looked up and said, "I have something to tell you and your folks."History is thick with secrets in The Sugar Camp Quilt, seventh in the beloved Elm Creek Quilts series from bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini. Set in Creek's Crossing, Pennsylvania, in the years leading up to the Civil War, the story begins with friends and neighbors taking sides in the abolitionist debate, and as events unfold, an ex-traordinary young heroine passes from innocence to wisdom against the harrowing backdrop of the American struggle over slavery. A dutiful daughter and niece, Dorothea Granger finds her dreams of furthering her education thwarted by the needs of home. A gifted quilter, she tragically loses her hope chest in a flood. A superior student, she is promoted from pupil to teacher -- only to lose her position to the privileged son of a town benefactor. But the ultimate test of her courage and convictions comes with the death of her stern uncle Jacob, who inexplicably had asked Dorothea to stitch him a quilt with four unusual patterns of his own design. After he meets with a violent end, Dorothea discovers that the quilt contains hidden clues to guide runaway slaves along the Underground Railroad. Emboldened by the revelations about her uncle's bravery, Dorothea resolves to continue his dangerous work. Armed with the Sugar Camp Quilt and its mysterious symbols, she must evade slavecatchers and outwit unscrupulous neighbors, embarking upon a heroic journey that allows her to discover her own courage and resourcefulness -- unsuspected qualities that may win her the heart of the best man she has ever known. Told with Jennifer Chiaverini's trademark historical suspense, The Sugar Camp Quilt blends danger, moral courage, romance, and hope into a novel of antebellum America whose lessons resonate with timeless honesty.
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Audio CD version of Sugar Camp Quilt November 16, 2008
Sandy Kay (Minnesota USA)
This is a review of the unabridged audio CD version of this book. The narration is good but not extraordinary. The main problem with an audio version of this book is that there are a large number of regular characters of both sexes, a wide range of ages, and in several cases, of a different race. Unless the narrator is exceptionally skilled at creating different voices, some of the character's voices end up sounding a little off. And women have a hard time making male voices that don't sound hoarse or gruff (though gruff worked for Uncle Jacob's voice). This book could have used at least two different narrators, one for the male characters and one for the female. Notwithstanding, the narrator has a pleasant reading voice and did her best to accommodate the large cast of characters.
I thought the story was quite interesting. This is the first of the Elm Creek books I've read so I had no idea what to expect. The story is set in the years before the Civil War when opinions and emotions about slavery were sharply divided and the Underground Railroad helped runaway slaves escape.
Dorothea and her parents are living with her Uncle Jacob because their farm was destroyed in a flood. Uncle Jacob is a hard taskmaster with no apparent need for family love. The arrival of a new schoolteacher costs Dorothea her job teaching and she instantly dislikes Thomas, her replacement. Uncle Jacob asks Dorothea to make a quilt for him of very specific design. When she completes it, she is angered by his poor treatment of it. At the same time, she is working on an "album quilt" to raise funds for a new library.
After Uncle Jacob suddenly dies, Dorothea learns he had a surprising secret and her family becomes involved with the Underground Railroad. There were no big surprises in the plot and the reader can guess what will happen between Dorothea and Thomas almost from the beginning. But the story was captivating and I never lost interest in it.
 A Quilt With A Purpose October 20, 2008
Jill Vanderwood (Utah)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Sugar Camp Quilt
I enjoyed this tale of the Sugar Camp Quilt. None of the Elm Creek Quilt books have ever disappointed me.
The Sugar Camp Quilt is a story of the early settlers in the Elm Creek Valley. Dorothea has lost her job, as a school teacher, to a man who has been in prison. She has to endure her uncle's mean spirit, and the women in town who try to ban authors from an author quilt, for the library. She has to put up with those who are prejudice, when it is well known, in the town that her family are pro abolitionist.
Dorothea Granger was satisfyingly outspoken, in a day when women didn't have equal rights. She dared to stand up to a man who had broken her heart. Dorthea stood up to her awful, selfish Uncle Jacob, who worked her family so hard; they couldn't hardly breathe without his scorn.
Dorthea's parents tried to hush her and keep her in line, but when she worked hard to make a quilt for her uncle, using her best fabric choices and her best stitching, he only said, "that will do."
She wasn't so upset, until she saw him wiping his boots on her handiwork.
Upon the death of her uncle, she discovered that her quilt was being used as a map to guide run-away slaves. She also discovered that her uncle was using his grumpy, unhappy facade, to guard a secret, even from his family.
Jill Ammon Vanderwood
author: Through the Rug
Through The Rug: Follow That Dog (Through the Rug)
Stowaway: The San Francisco Adventures of Sara, the Pineapple Cat
The Sugar Camp Quilt October 12, 2008
Sherry L. Boullion (Ct)
Book was in excellent condition and shipped quickly. Qould definitely do business with again!!! Sherry
thanks for prompt service September 14, 2008
Judith Adkins (Nebraska)
Thanks for your prompt service, will look forward to reading the book this winter.
Very enjoyable book! July 7, 2008
E. Morris (CO USA)
We listened to the CD version of the book on a trip recently and thoroughly enjoyed it!! I had never read any of the Elm Creek Quilt series books and because of this enjoyable book we will definitely look for others in the series. The characters are well defined, the story line well done, and overall very enjoyable.
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