FINISHED:

Hooper, Mary. (2008). Newes from the dead. New York: Roaring Brook.

[Quite a compelling read, and a TRUE STORY. In 1650, Anne Green, a servant in a royal household, was convicted of infanticide and hung at the gallows. Her body was set aside for dissection by scholars, but that never got to happen because there were signs that SHE WAS STILL ALIVE. The book chapters alternate being narrated by Anne herself, and by a 3rd person, with the Anne chapters recounting the events that led up to her wrongful conviction (she was repeatedly "violated" by the grandson of the master of the house and her baby was stillborn - all of this she couldn't tell anyone because of her place and the esteem of her violator), and the alternate chapters being the account of her revival by the scholars. Did I mention that it's based on a TRUE STORY??? Interestingly, the "news report" from the time about the incident is included at the end.]

STARTED:
Soto, Gary. (2008). Facts of life: Stories. Orlando, FL: Harcourt.

[Reading to review for ACL.]

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