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All in all this was a very enjoyable book. I loved how the author kept the same wording in all of Elsie's letters. Aunt Mamie's letters were especially interesting... I loved how Aunt Mamie abbreviated the words like "you", "see", and "too" in her letters. The pictures the author included were really fascinating and definitely added to the story. On the other hand some parts in the middle were a little repetitive especially when ...more
All in all this was a very enjoyable book. I loved how the author kept the same wording in all of Elsie's letters. Aunt Mamie's letters were especially interesting... I loved how Aunt Mamie abbreviated the words like "you", "see", and "too" in her letters. The pictures the author included were really fascinating and definitely added to the story. On the other hand some parts in the middle were a little repetitive especially when ...more
I really loved this book I love stories that are based in the past. I love all the letters and notes, however they did not always flow, sometimes it broke up the story made it choppy. I truly loved seeing early Arizona through Elsie's eyes and temperament. The only thing I would suggest changing is keeping the story and diary but moving all of the short abbreviated lists to the end they just didn't work well where they are. Other than that the story was well written, the pictures were amazing,I
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