{"id":14170,"date":"2023-10-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=14170"},"modified":"2023-10-11T09:53:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T14:53:34","slug":"her-talents-rejected-tis-a-season-most-unfair-by-j-anderson-coats-middle-grade-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=14170","title":{"rendered":"Her talents rejected? ‘Tis A SEASON MOST UNFAIR! by J. Anderson Coats (Middle grade book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Candlemaking is hot, stinky work, but Scholastica helps her father render the tallow<\/a> and twist the wicks and dip the candles until they’re just right. Her loving stepmother can’t have children or bend down with her leg brace, so Tick has worked with Papa since she was tiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year Tick is old enough to mold the Agnus Dei charms for travelers’ safety, using pricy beeswax and expensive paints. The charms sell well at the Stourbridge Fair<\/a>, and Papa can’t see well enough now to paint their fine details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why does Papa think he needs an apprentice?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tick doesn’t care that Henry’s father and Papa are friends – how will an inexperienced boy help make enough candles to sell to get them through the bitter winter?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If only she can get some beeswax and make the charms\u2026
If only she can find a way to Stourbridge Fair\u2026
If only she can be sure that Papa still loves her enough\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are joys among the hardships of living in medieval England, and Tick just wants to do the job that makes her happy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the author of The Night Ride<\/em>, recommended here: https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=13684<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What task did you like to help your family with when you were younger?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: A Season Most Unfair \/ J. Anderson Coats. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2023. [author site<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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