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Book: One Came Home

Author: Amy Timberlake

Published: January 8, 2013

Plot

The book "One Came Home" by Amy Timberlake is about historical events that occurred in the earlier 1871 in Wisconsin. Georgie do not believe that her older sister Agatha is death and she adventures herself to a journey. In that journey she wants to find out her sister or at least the true of her death. Everybody in town is saying that Agatha run away with some pigeons and Georgia knows that if Agatha runs away will be just for rich a higher education. While Georgia star her journey Billy McCabe join her to the odyssey to find out what happened with Agatha. Billy McCabe was Agatha’s secret boyfriend. During the journey Georgia had flashbacks about her sisters and Billy relationship. Georgia believes that Billy was not a good choice for her sister or at least her big love for her sister did not let her accept Billy McCabe as Agatha’s love. The journey was a changing event for Georgia because being along with her sister suitor makes her confuse her feeling toward him. This is story about little sister that refuses to believe in her older sister’s death. . The critic Spring, Ellen recommended One Came Home as a great book for children from grade 5 and 4 because the novel talks about a strong love between sisters.

Characters

•	Agatha: Georgia supposed death sister

•	Georgia: the protagonist of the story

•	Ma: Agatha and Georgia mother

•	Grandfather Bolte: Agatha and Georgia grandfather

•	McCabe: a Sheriff from the town

•	Billy McCabe: he was one of the Agatha’s suitors, most of his suitor he was her secret love.

•	Mr. Olmstead: he was Agatha’s most recent intended

Critical Reception

The novel One Came Home by Amy Timberlake is one of the most honorable books that were recommended to the grades 5 to 8. The critic Kathleen Isaacs states in her article “One Came Home” that the novel is about accepting a death of a love one. The time when the novel was wotted was one of the times when getting high education is was not easy especially if a woman want to do it. The critic Kathleen Horning states in her article "One Came Home" that in that period of time woman were limited to go to college because it was not accepted by the society. The book also is related as a Historical Fiction book the critic Kirkus also recommended the book for grades 9-12. It seems that the novel has a lot of importance in the literature and also it is recommended for almost all school grades.

Awards

•	John Newberry Medal

•	Edgar Award for Best Juveniles

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