The Last April, Belinda Kroll
The Last April, Belinda Kroll
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The Last April

Author: Belinda Kroll

Narrator: Rachanee Lumayno

Unabridged: 5 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/01/2021

Synopsis

Spontaneous, fifteen-year-old Gretchen vows to help heal the nation from the recently ended Civil War. On the morning of President Lincoln's death, Gretchen finds an amnesiac Confederate in her garden and believes this is her chance for civic goodwill.But reconciliation is not as simple as Gretchen assumed. When her mother returns from the market with news that a Confederate murdered the president, Gretchen wonders if she caught the killer. Tensions between her aunt and mother rise as Gretchen nurses her Confederate prisoner, revealing secrets from their past that make Gretchen question everything she knows about loyalty, honor, and trust.The Last April is an entertaining, thoughtful novella of Ohio after the Civil War, meant to encourage readers to reflect on themes of fear and hope in uncertain political times.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Grady

‘The man perhaps could have been her brother. His body was gaunt, worn thin by trials Gretchen suspected she would never understand.’ Ohio author Belinda Kroll devotes her writing talent to composing books of Victorian fiction for children and teens. Not only is she bringing well-sculpted and enterta......more

Goodreads review by Kaitlin

So The Last April is about a young girl in Ohio who finds a southern boy passed out in her yard, and the distrust her family harbors for him fostered during the Civil War and, most recently, due to the Lincoln assassination. Gretchen, the young lady in question, has a LOT going on with her in this b......more

Goodreads review by David

The quality of the writing here is high, and the book is quite captivating in many aspects. The historical backdrop is very credible (to me, at least; I am no expert on the period, but nothing leapt out to me as anachronistic), and the characterizations, likewise, perfectly believable. I generally try......more

Goodreads review by Carolyn

It’s hard to imagine an American child finding much to relate to in THE LAST APRIL, which may be part of its draw. The story begins with the news of Abraham Lincoln’s death. The protagonist is a 15-year-old girl living with her German mother and aunt in Ohio, pining for her older brother and father......more

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