![]() An author’s note offers more insight into the real story of FDR’s protection of the swamp. While this historical fiction novel isn’t strictly accurate-FDR did protect the swamp, though it wasn’t over the course of one summer or inspired by a girl’s letter-the period details, unusual setting, light dialect, well-developed characters, and the affirming, gradual progression of Elsie Mae and Henry James’ friendship makes for an engrossing story. ![]() When the children and Huck get embroiled in a local mystery, Elsie Mae learns that a sacrifice is sometimes required in order to save something important. When she arrives at Honey Island, she finds two surprises: a dog, which she names Huck, and her cousin Henry James, an aspiring preacher who’s practicing on Elsie Mae. Roosevelt, asking for his help in protecting it. Elsie loves everything about the swamp, so this summer, she writes a letter to President Franklin D. Accelerated Reader Information:īooklist - For the past several years, 11-year-old Elsie has gone to stay with her grandparents on Honey Island in the middle of the Okefenokee Swamp. ![]() ![]() With a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt and unexpected help from her Hallelujah-spouting cousin, Henry James, Elsie Mae tries to prevent a company from building a canal through the Okefenokee Swamp. Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky (2017) ![]()
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