The Taking of Jemima Boone by Matthew Pearl

The Taking of Jemima Boone

Matthew Pearl

288 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative medium-paced
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On a quiet midsummer day in 1776, weeks after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, thirteen-year-old Jemima Boone and her friends Betsy and Fanny Callaway disappear near the Kentucky settlement of Boonesboro, the echoes of their faraway...

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Moods

informative 93%
adventurous 68%
tense 25%
reflective 18%
dark 15%
emotional 15%
inspiring 15%
sad 12%
challenging 9%
hopeful 6%
funny 3%

Pace

medium 74%
slow 19%
fast 6%

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3.55

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