1st Quarter Reading Book Review

The Preachers Daughter by Beverly Lewis. Bethany House Publishers, 2005.

In the book the preachers daughter, the protagonist is named Annie Zook who grew up and currently lives in Paradise, Pennsylvania on an amish farm. In the story, Annie's pasion is art. She loves to paint, but her amish preacher doesn't allow artistic expression, so she has to keep her pasion a secret.

"Lewis addresses young Annie Zook's inner conflict between the strong bonds of her family and faith and the allurement of her talent" The book review says.

The book was so much more then a conflict. It was also a story of romance, abuse, and misunderstood young women. This book reminded me of a book i had read when i was younger called "Elle" which was about a girls' life living in a strict amish family, and the troubles she had with this. She had a best friend who wasn't amish because she had to go to school in a different community. It reminded me of the relationship between Lousia and Annie, becuase Lousia is her modern pen-pal. Her writing style was very simpole but some words i didn'y understand popped up now and then,but once i looked them up, i fully understood what the Beverly Lewis was trying to say.

"Climbing back up the hay bales, Annie reached out for the long rope. She swung across the expanse of the loft, her legs tight against the rope so that her dress would not billo out." (87).

I ended up not liking this book at all. I thought it was easy to understand, but to me it was flat out boring. Even though it had so mush different things going on, it wasn't written in a very modern fashion. I guess i'd rather read a book thats target is teen girls.