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The Trial
By Bryant, Jen
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37582-752-5 978-0-37592-752-2
- Publisher
- Knopf
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2004
Gr 5-8 Yet another novel-in-poems, this child's-eye view of the trial of the Lindbergh baby's supposed kidnapper/killer Bruno Hauptmann conveys the historical facts but only fitfully brings them to life. While the author casts the narrative of preteen Katie Flynn in blank verse, the setting, the heavy influx of reporters and celebrities, and the trial's participants are described in pro...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2004
While the Bruno Hauptmann trial might not seem the likeliest focus for middle-school historical fiction, Bryant has a capable witness in twelve-year-old Katie Leigh Flynn, a resident of Flemington, New Jersey (near the Lindberghs' house, and the site of the trial), and a nascent journalist. Through the author's contrivance of having Katie's newspaperman-uncle b...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
