A Northern Light

I recently found out that this novel was based on a true story. Grace Brown really was murdered in the 1900s by a man who wanted her riches. The resort that she works at is near the Adirondack mountains. Mattie has found out about the murder of Grace Brown and she is confused and scared because Grace had given her letters to burn. After reading them Mattie has discovered that the drowning was no accident. She also discovered that Grace had been out on a boat with her 'lover' who also was apparently drowned too. It's a lot for Mattie to take in but she does the right thing and helps find out what happened to them. Mattie is still really focused on trying to get enough money to get to college in the fall in New York. She is also trying to persue her writing career. She has help from Miss Wilcox. She also works at Miss Wilcox's library on weekends to make extra money.

This is a really slow book at the beginning, it made me not want to keep reading. It kind of just drags on and on with no real point. It doesn't really get intresting until she finds out about the murders. I think it is also a hard book to follow because it jumps around a lot even though it is in Mattie's point of view.

Vocab:

Poleaxed: a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot.
Famished: extremely hungry: to be famished after a hike; famished, homeless multitudes.