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brandyryann's review against another edition
4.0
I asked my 8th-grade students to read this book this year to help them see the events taking place in South Carolina through the eyes of someone their own age. But I thought it only fair that I read it myself along with them. This was a great story and highly recommend for middle school-aged students.
hereisenough's review against another edition
4.0
Wow, okay, this was a really great book. It pulled me in right away and certainly got my stomach flipping! I loved it... it was soo unique and interesting, but plausible too. (another school read)
jimenezmadi's review against another edition
3.0
This book is actually amazing for a young(we) adult audience. I felt like Caroline was going through some difficult struggles and trying to navigate feelings in a time of enormous turmoil. She did feel a bit too confident, from a reader’s standpoint, and almost a bit robotic. Hated Georgia Anne, was definitely a “fool character.” Otherwise, I’d definitely recommend to my future kids.
prairiedances's review against another edition
5.0
There's good history in here. I liked how through "Cast Two Shadows", "Time Enough for Drums", "The Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre", "Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons", "Finishing Becca" and "A Ride into Morning: The Story of Tempe Wick", Rinaldi gives a great overview of the American Revolution for people from all walks of life. In "Cast Two Shadows" we get a Southerner's perspective. Here the Revolutionary War is more than politics and talk between men, but a bitter war between families and a desperate and bloody fight to save land/resources.
There is also the tricky and unpleasant business between Southern landowners and their slaves mixed into the plot. Caroline, the story's protagonist, is the product of relations between her father, the master of the plantation, and Cecie, a slave. Cecie herself is the daughter of a slave and the plantation's white overseer. Caroline has been raised with her father in the "big house" and as the story progresses must come to terms with the complicated truth of her family. Good story here and brings up some complex historical concepts.
There is also the tricky and unpleasant business between Southern landowners and their slaves mixed into the plot. Caroline, the story's protagonist, is the product of relations between her father, the master of the plantation, and Cecie, a slave. Cecie herself is the daughter of a slave and the plantation's white overseer. Caroline has been raised with her father in the "big house" and as the story progresses must come to terms with the complicated truth of her family. Good story here and brings up some complex historical concepts.
rozereads's review
4.0
British campaigns in the south during American Revolution -- the Carolinas; based true stories.
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