I stopped and turned back. I could barely make
Katie out in the distance, but she was still there. I raised my hand and waved.
I saw her wave back. A chill swept through me, a chill of fear that I might
never see her again. “Good-bye, Katie,” I whispered to myself. “I’ll never
forget you.”
Genre: Historical Fiction
Target Audience: Girls 16+
Subjects: Civil War, Slavery, Friendship, Faith, Prayer
Summary: Just when they need him most, the past has
caught up with Templeton Daniels and he’s in jail instead of at the plantation
helping the girls. Another uncle has appeared, not to rejoin the family, but to
take over the plantation and kick Katie and Mayme and the others off of it! He
holds a deed to Rosewood and wants no coloreds or kids hanging around. That’s
not the only trouble though. The mistress of the plantation down the road is
not interested in having any little half-white babies appear and she is
beginning the hunt for Emma and little William. Just when all seems settled and
everyone is ready to leave, yet another uncle thought dead makes an appearance!
Rosewood has more claims on it than Katie can handle! The girls have worked so
hard to build a family and in an instant a single piece of paper can destroy
all they’ve accomplished!
Notes: Together Is All We Need is the fourth in the
Shenandoah Sisters series. The series tells how two 16 year old girls survive
after the Massacre of Shenandoah County – where a gang of outlaw Confederate
deserters killed a bunch of people. In this story, everyone on the two
plantations they live on is killed. Mayme mindlessly wanders away and finds
herself at Katie’s plantation just as Katie comes up from the cellar she hid
in. The two girls stick together out of necessity for a couple of day and
become close friends. Towards the end of the book they make the decision to
fool people into believing Katie’s family is still alive. This book continues the story as more uncles appear, staking claims on the plantation and the secret of what has been happening at Rosewood leaks out to the community. No one has ever heard of whites and colored living together in one house as a family and some are not too happy about it! Katie’s uncle is one of those. The loving family that has been built is being torn apart, even as each one of them realizes that the relationships are what matter to them.
The suspense of the story is continuing to build as tensions in the
south increase after the Civil War.
As with the others in the series, prejudice is greatly dealt with. This
one focuses more on how much joy can come from setting it aside and how much
sorrow can come when you let color of skin separate people.
Spiritual Content Recommendation Scale: 5/5
Reviewer: J:-)mi
Galatians
5:13 – You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your
freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.
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