Welcome back to Musings of an Arthritic Artist! Today I'm going to be doing a book review. This review is for Journey to the Alamo by Melodie A. Cuate.
Let's get into the review!
My parents bought me this book when my family and I went to the Alamo in either 2012 or 2014 (I don't remember). I had started reading it then, but I was too young and got bored. I read it this year and really enjoyed it.
This story follows Hannah, a seventh grader. A new history teacher is at her school named Mr. Barrington. He carries around a mysterious trunk. This trunk ends up being a portal to the past and Hannah, her older brother Nick, and her best friend Jackie are transported to the past. Particularly, March 1836, the exact month the Battle of the Alamo ended between the Texians and Mexicans.
This book was very enjoyable. I liked the historical component to it, and I enjoyed the characters. I particularly enjoyed Hannah and Nick. This book kind of had an automatic advantage in my book as I tend to enjoy reading books that have siblings in them (as long as there's no incest). I don't know why, but I found that out last year when I realized a commonality between most of my favorite books and why they were my favorites.
I gave it 5 out of 5 stars on my Goodreads. Overall, it was a really enjoyable read. It took me long than anticipated to finish it, but I did get through it. The writing was very simplistic, but it's a Children's/Middle Grade novel, so I don't expect it to read like Pride and Prejudice or even Harry Potter as the genres and age ranges are completely different. I liked reading about Hannah, Nick, and Jackie and hope the other books in this series are just as good, if not better.
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