MARCH by Geraldine Brooks

The book March was a very interesting novel about the Civil War. Mr. March goes war supporting the Northern side. He ends up watching over a Union captured plantation run by Mr. Canning. There are many slaves working to pick all the cotton. Mr. March sets out to try to teach the slaves but is not very successful. Teaching a slave to write was seen as a crime. Later in the story, slave catchers come to over run the plantation and take the slaves back to the south. They are successful. Mr. March is then struck down with a terrible fever and ends up in the hospital. His wife, Mrs. March comes and helps him regain his health. Mr. March eventually returns home to his family and tells them of his journey. I felt that March was a good novel that gave a good perspective of a part of the war. I found it interesting and good to read. READ IT! or don't

--Steven B.