The Education of Mary, Ann Rinaldi
The Education of Mary, Ann Rinaldi
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The Education of Mary
A Little Miss of Color, 1832

Author: Ann Rinaldi

Narrator: Caroline Clay

Unabridged: 6 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/14/2009

Categories: Children's Fiction


Synopsis

Though 13-year-old Mary is happy to keep quiet about the secret instruction she receives at Miss Prudence Crandall's private school for the daughters of the richest families in New England, Mary's sister Sarah glories in the fuss she creates when she is openly admitted. When Miss Prudence replaces the school's white students with little misses of color, all sides of the anti-slavery movement want to use the school to further their own agendas-with Mary and Sarah caught in the middle!

About Ann Rinaldi

Ann Rinaldi is an award-winning author best known for bringing history vividly to life. She has received numerous starred reviews and awards, as well as widespread recognition for her historical novels. Ms. Rinaldi lives in central New Jersey.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rishi on September 12, 2008

I liked this book most of the way through. It kind of did a funny thing at the end when both of the main characters sort of had changes of heart and everything just sort of died. But becuase it is based on history I wouldn't be suprised if thats the way things really happened. It was fun to listen to......more

Goodreads review by Audrey on February 07, 2013

I have mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, it ended up being more interesting than I thought it would be. There is even a little adventure and suspense! But on the other hand, the narrator, Mary, was not easy to like. She does get a lot of stuff thrown at her so I can't say she's wholly to......more

Goodreads review by James on February 21, 2016

The story takes place in 1832 in Connecticut and is an excellent exploration of just how prejudice whites were against blacks even in the North prior to the Civil War. In this story Mary, 13, who is Black, is working at an all-girl's school. Only white girls are in the school at the time, so one of t......more

Goodreads review by Tracy on August 31, 2010

A Ann Rinaldi is at her best when she writes about characters from the "middling" sort. Characters who are privy to history from the sidelines. In the novel, Mary is a mixed raced girl in who is a student at one of the first schools for girls of color in Connecticut. I once read that history is supp......more

Goodreads review by Magda on September 23, 2009

Author's note: "Were they all modest, retiring, submissive, uncomplaining, long-suffering, and sacrificing? I found that difficult to believe." Um. Yeah. She did. And the book sounds kinda crazy as a result, with the narrator, Mary, sounding almost as prissy as the people she despises. Also, she refe......more