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The Last Silk Dress

Ann Rinaldi

Paperback | Pages: 352 pages

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Original Title:	The Last Silk Dress
ISBN:	0440228611 (ISBN13: 9780440228615)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Richmond, Virginia(United States)

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High-spirited, beautiful Susan Chilmark, fourteen, vows to do something meaningful to support the Confederacy during the Civil War. Despite the wishes of her mother, Susan and her best friend, Connie, collect silk dresses from all the ladies of Richmond to make a balloon that will be used to spy on the Yankees.

But the issues behind the war aren't as obvious as Susan thinks. When she meets her dashing, scandalous older brother and discovers why he was banished from the family, Susan unlocks a Pandora's box of secrets that forces her to rethink and challenge the very system she was born into. Does she have the courage to do what is right even though it may hurt the ones she loves?

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Title	:	The Last Silk Dress
Author	:	Ann Rinaldi
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 352 pages
Published	:	October 4th 1999 by Laurel Leaf (first published 1988)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fiction. Military History. Civil War. Childrens

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Susan Chilmark, a true Southern Belle, lives in Richmond during the start of the Civil War. Her father is gone, off fighting for the Cause; her brother, Lucien, is long estranged from the family; and Susan is alone at home with her unstable mother, whose volatile manner is the topic of much gossip among the ladies of the town. Pricked with a desire to do something significant to help the Souths war effort, Susan convinces her mother to let her collect silk dresses from the ladies of Richmond,

Aim at younger readers (the protagonist is 15), say from 12 onwards, this is the American Civil war from the point of view of a girl, living in Richmond, Virginia. The author's son is/was an historian, so from an historical angle, first class. The writing itself, not so hot. The war information might encourage a male reader, but the book as a whole seems definitely aimed at females. The story itself - quite believable.

The book, The Last Silk Dress, takes place in Richmond, Virginia at the time of the Civil War. The main characters of the book include: Susan Dobson Chilmark, an outspoken and tough little girl and Lucien Dobson Chilmark, the older brother who helps her along the way. Other characters include Susan and Lucien's parents, Susan's best friend Connie, other Confederate ladies, Susan's love interest, and soldiers. The book starts from the year 1861, but is not clear to the year when it ends. The

I loved this book so much, I wrote letters to the heroine's brother. In retrospect, I am not sure it warranted so much adoration, but it must have had some wonderful quality to keep me hooked for years.

Susan Chilmark, a true Southern Belle, lives in Richmond during the start of the Civil War. Her father is gone, off fighting for the Cause; her brother, Lucien, is long estranged from the family; and Susan is alone at home with her unstable mother, whose volatile manner is the topic of much gossip among the ladies of the town. Pricked with a desire to do something significant to help the Souths war effort, Susan convinces her mother to let her collect silk dresses from the ladies of Richmond,

I don't know why I was so taken with this book. Normally I don't like Civil War stories much (except Gone With the Wind). This story contained some war, not much, but more what the Civil War did to the people who had to deal with it. And it was written from a 14 year-old's point of view. Susan Dobson Chilmark is 14 years old when the War begins. She thinks that everything is black and white, having an adoring father and a slightly crazy mother. But nothing is black and white. Indiscretions that

This is the first Ann Rinaldi book I read in middle school and is probably part of what got me into studying Civil War history when I went on to college! I can't fully remember the plot except I believe the father was away at war (serving in the Confederate Army as the family was either in Georgia or one of the Carolinas). The lead character's mother seemed to have a bit of a mental imbalance that she took out on her daughter after their son had been run off and was now a pseudo Rhett Butler