Escape from Heart [book review]

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/2e9987109d3aa260c74ec70593430c82

Title

Escape from Heart [book review]

Creator

Rabner, Lanell

Date

2001-10

Description

Stark, Lynette. Escape from Heart. Harcourt, 2000. ISBN 0-150202385-2. $17.00. 212 pp. A 6+ FI Reviewed by Lanell Rabner Sarah Ruth Heart comes from Heart Colony, a small, tight-knit Southern Mennonite community where the cruelty of leader Hezekiel Whittenstone overshadows a once joyful, simple lifestyle. Hezekiel has forbidden education and closed down the school. He has no patience for laughter or fun, only work, from sun-up to sun-down. Sarah Ruth is the school’s spelling champion, and all she wants is to compete in the countywide spelling bee, a dream that is no longer possible. However, Sarah Ruth’s world is about to turn upside down. First, Aunt Lila, Hezekiel’s wife leaves the colony and moves to SlapEasy, something no one has ever done before. Then both the community and her children publicly shun her. Next Joshua, the love of Sarah Ruth’s life, also leaves, after being severely beaten by Hezekiel. Finally, Sarah musters the courage to defy Hezekiel and decides to go to the spelling bee on her own. Her decision affects more than just Sarah Ruth herself. It affects her entire family and their standing in Heart Colony. Escape from Heart is a story about individualism and courage to stand up for what’s right, even when it means losing what you love. Sarah Ruth is truly heroic in her ability to take control of her future and then to live with the consequences of her decisions.
212 p. ; 22 cm.
Children's Book and Play Review, September / October 2001

Subject

Book review
Fiction
Historical fiction
Books--Reviews
Mennonites--United States--Juvenile fiction
Hypocrisy--Juvenile fiction
Family--Mississippi--Juvenile fiction
Uncles--Juvenile fiction
Family--Juvenile fiction
Mississippi--Juvenile fiction

Source

Mountain West Digital Library

Language

English

Relation

http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/utils/getthumbnail/collection/CBPR/id/1115

Type

text

References

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Citation

Rabner, Lanell, “Escape from Heart [book review],” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed August 1, 2026, http://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/6584.

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