The Confederate General Rides North: A Novel

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One person found this helpful. Paperback Swap First Line: Without a word of good-bye to anyone, Kat's mother has her pack a bag and then they hop in the car for a road trip north to Boston and Cape Cod, where Margaret McConnell grew up. Margaret plans to open an antique shop, and they're going to make stops along the way to buy merchandise for the store. Kat is dragging her feet a bit, especially when she's told that she can't say good-bye to her father or grandparents, so to sweeten the deal, her mother tells her that Kat can be in charge of the itinerary.

This makes Kat's eyes shine because she daydreams of being a Confederate general in a spotless uniform riding a beautiful horse.

If Kat plans the itinerary, she's going to make sure they stop at as many Civil War battlefields as they possibly can. Mother and daughter haven't gone many miles down the road before the reader has a very strong feeling that something's up Her obsession with the Civil War isn't the run-of-the-mill obsession of a horse-crazed tomboy. Kat uses her knowledge of the Civil War and its generals as a coping mechanism: Even if she gets advice from her staff, the decisions are hers.

THE CONFEDERATE GENERAL RIDES NORTH by Amanda C. Gable

She can't reveal her uncertainties to anyone. Her men and her staff need to be confident in her, confident in her abilities; it wouldn't be good for them to know about the times that she is unsure and confused. To know that she questions her own resolve. Would an eleven-year-old be able to deal with what I felt was coming?

It's been a while since I've been this involved with characters in a book, but Kat and her mother had me wound up tighter than an eight-day clock. Gable's debut novel had me very emotionally involved from beginning to end, and that doesn't happen very often. I'm looking forward with great anticipation to her next book.

Debbie Lee Wesselmann Top Contributor: Set in the late s, Amanda C. Gable's debut novel centers around eleven-year old Kat and her somewhat unstable mother as they embark on a sudden road trip from their home in Georgia to the mother's dream destination: At first, the trip is first sold to Kat as an adventure. But as Kat gets farther from her Marietta, Georgia home and the relatives they left behind, she discovers that the trip might be much more than she had anticipated. By the time she realizes this, however, she has already taken over the trip planning and has navigated a route through some of the major battlefields of the Civil War, from Appomattox to Gettysburg.

While part of her yearns for home, she is thrilled to finally visit the places she has read about, even obsessed about, with her Aunt Laura. Kat creates a fantasy that she is a Confederate General leading her troops toward victory, even though she knows all too well the result of that war. She cannot derail this journey, even as she begins to sense that her loyalty to her mother might jeopardize them both. Gable avoids most traps encountered when writing for an adult readership through the point-of-view of a child by allowing Kat to observe and to sense off-kilter moments, thus giving readers the opportunity to see the truth when she cannot.

Still, Kat is intelligent enough to discover what we dread and hope for her: I recommend this coming-of-age book for teenagers through adults, particularly for those who are interested in mother-daughter relationships, dysfunctional families, the Civil War, and the Sixties. See all 18 reviews.

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See full terms and conditions and this month's choices. The Confederate General Rides North is a coming-of-age novel, about Katherine coping with difficult events and being forced to grow up quickly. Though the trip she and her mother take lasts just under a week, Kat changes her attitudes about a number of things; what are they? How would the novel be different if third person narration had been used and the thoughts of both Kat and her mother were revealed?

What might have been lost in a different sort of narration? Discuss how Katherine uses her love of Civil War history to cope with her personal difficulties. How does the author convey this in the italicized sections?


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