Come Next Spring
by Alana White
Publication Date: August 23, 2016
Open Road Media
eBook & Paperback; 178 Pages
ISBN: 978-1-504034234
Genre: Historical Fiction/Young Adult
It’s 1949 in Tennessee Smoky Mountain country, and everything in pre-teen Salina’s life seems suddenly different. Her sister is engaged, her brother is absorbed in caring for his sickly foal, and salina feels she has nothing in common anymore with her best friend. This novel for young people captures the insular spirit of the mountain people, the breathtaking country itself, and a girl’s struggle to accept the inevitability of change.
"An evocative first novel....the message is rounded out with lively characters, period details, and the sustained use of Salina's childlike point of view." - Kirkus
“. . . .A story as intricately patterned and multicolored as a practical, quilted coat—one that will warm readers, too.” -ALA Booklist Starred Review
“This finely crafted first novel engagingly depicts early adolescent feelings. All the events in the story occur between the first day of school and Christmas, in a year when Salina Harris moves beyond her concerns for popularity to an unfolding friendship with Scooter Russell, an unwelcome new-comer. . . .It is well paced, building to a dramatic climax; it creates a strong sense of time and place; and the novel includes a likable cast of characters and even a romance.” -Horn Book Magazine
“Salina is a wonderfully drawn character (who), with the help of loving parents and a teacher who challenges her to see a larger picture, realizes that change is inevitable, and that she will be able to accept it.” -School Library Journal
I received this book free of charge from the author/publisher via Historiclal Fiction Virtual Book Tours
I received this book free of charge from the author/publisher via Historiclal Fiction Virtual Book Tours
Three Stars
"Come Next Spring" by Alana White was a sweet and very refreshing innocent read. Because of the setting and the "coming of age" theme there were elements of this story that reminded me of "The Yearling." Salina is a sweet and young girl and through her experience we get to view how here world changes and how she is frightened about these changes. I probably would not have picked up this book if I had not been invited to review it and I would have missed out. The innocence and the purity of Salina's life was so sweet and refreshing. It has been a very long time since I have read a story that is young adult which I want to pass on to my daughter.
"Come Next Spring" by Alana White was a sweet and very refreshing innocent read. Because of the setting and the "coming of age" theme there were elements of this story that reminded me of "The Yearling." Salina is a sweet and young girl and through her experience we get to view how here world changes and how she is frightened about these changes. I probably would not have picked up this book if I had not been invited to review it and I would have missed out. The innocence and the purity of Salina's life was so sweet and refreshing. It has been a very long time since I have read a story that is young adult which I want to pass on to my daughter.
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About the Author
Alana White is the author of fiction and nonfiction for adults and young readers. Her most recent publications are the adult historical mystery novel, The Sign of the Weeping Virgin, set at the height of the Italian Renaissance in Florence, Italy, and Come Next Spring, a coming of age novel set in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee in the 1940s. She is also the author of a biography of Sacagawea, Sacagawea: Westward With Lewis and Clark. She is a longtime member of the Historical Novel Society and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. She lives in Nashville, TN.Alana welcomes readers and is always available for reader group chats. Please visit her at www.AlanaWhite.com for more information. As well as HNS and SCBWI, she is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, the Author's Guild, and the Women's National Book Association.
For more information, please visit Alana White's website. You can also find her on Facebook, Twitter, and Goodreads.
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