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The Snipesville Chronicles #4
One Way or Another
Hannah, Brandon, and Alex are survivors. What started for them as a boring year in the small Southern town of Snipesville has turned into months of unpredictable and dangerous time travel. And no matter where (or when) their adventures take the three, they are always drawn back to Balesworth, a little town in England. But why?
When Hannah's long-anticipated reunion with a Balesworth friend goes badly wrong, she finds herself in 1905 England, facing her toughest challenge yet: Persuading a privileged but wayward teen to reform. But how privileged or wayward is she? Brandon and Alex, meanwhile, are a year ahead of Hannah, in the sinister Snipesville of 1906, as the clock ticks down to the day in the town's history that is destined to be called We Don't Talk About That.
One Way or Another, Brandon, Hannah, and Alex bring The Snipesville Chronicles series to its startling conclusion, as they uncover the secrets of Snipesville, and of their extraordinary lives.
When Hannah's long-anticipated reunion with a Balesworth friend goes badly wrong, she finds herself in 1905 England, facing her toughest challenge yet: Persuading a privileged but wayward teen to reform. But how privileged or wayward is she? Brandon and Alex, meanwhile, are a year ahead of Hannah, in the sinister Snipesville of 1906, as the clock ticks down to the day in the town's history that is destined to be called We Don't Talk About That.
One Way or Another, Brandon, Hannah, and Alex bring The Snipesville Chronicles series to its startling conclusion, as they uncover the secrets of Snipesville, and of their extraordinary lives.
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Published August 15, 2016
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Annette Laing
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You can also visit my site at http://www.AnnetteLaing.com to learn about my life as a novelist and public historian, bringing together people and history.
Praise for The Snipesville Chronicles series:
Don't Know Where Don't Know When "This being the first of a series, let’s hope the next installments continue to infuse historical fiction with the same sense of joy and wonder. A clever and charming time-travel adventure." --Kirkus Reviews
A Different Day A Different Destiny "Laing’s combination of historical detail and sheer sense of fun carry through and help make the story an enjoyable read. . .A mostly engaging and enjoyable sequel."-- Kirkus Reviews
Look Ahead Look Back "Laing’s third volume retains all the charm and originality of the earlier two . . ." --Kirkus Reviews
One Way or Another: The Snipesville Chronicles, Book 4
"Longtime readers of the series will also be pleasantly surprised by the endearing finale."--Kirkus Reviews
You can also visit my site at http://www.AnnetteLaing.com to learn about my life as a novelist and public historian, bringing together people and history.
Praise for The Snipesville Chronicles series:
Don't Know Where Don't Know When "This being the first of a series, let’s hope the next installments continue to infuse historical fiction with the same sense of joy and wonder. A clever and charming time-travel adventure." --Kirkus Reviews
A Different Day A Different Destiny "Laing’s combination of historical detail and sheer sense of fun carry through and help make the story an enjoyable read. . .A mostly engaging and enjoyable sequel."-- Kirkus Reviews
Look Ahead Look Back "Laing’s third volume retains all the charm and originality of the earlier two . . ." --Kirkus Reviews
One Way or Another: The Snipesville Chronicles, Book 4
"Longtime readers of the series will also be pleasantly surprised by the endearing finale."--Kirkus Reviews
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December 1, 2019
One Way or Another is the final book in the Snipesville Chronicles. It does a superb job of bringing everything to a close. You gain insight into get characters behave certain ways and are left feeling content. Never fear, there are enough twists and surprises to keep you reading longer than maybe you ought.
The book deals with some of the heaviest topics yet including race riots in the South. One of my favorite things about this series is that it isn't afraid to deal with these topics and presents them in an age appropriate way for late elementary to middle school readers. Too often people avoid the uglier bits of history and underestimate the value of presenting information in context to the young. The best way to prevent those ugly bits from happening again is to make sure that the young know about them and are aware that the young played a large role in bringing about the changes that have led to more social equality. The characters are just like the kids who might read these books. Their small actions to stand up for what is right add up and help to bring about change. It shows that the future is not set and it is never too late to change and become what you want to be. What a wonderful way to end a series.
The book deals with some of the heaviest topics yet including race riots in the South. One of my favorite things about this series is that it isn't afraid to deal with these topics and presents them in an age appropriate way for late elementary to middle school readers. Too often people avoid the uglier bits of history and underestimate the value of presenting information in context to the young. The best way to prevent those ugly bits from happening again is to make sure that the young know about them and are aware that the young played a large role in bringing about the changes that have led to more social equality. The characters are just like the kids who might read these books. Their small actions to stand up for what is right add up and help to bring about change. It shows that the future is not set and it is never too late to change and become what you want to be. What a wonderful way to end a series.
November 13, 2017
Yet another excellent chapter in The Snipesville Chronicles. It tied everything together brilliantly.
January 26, 2017
The fourth and final book in the Snipesville Chronicles, one of the most enjoyable time-travel series I have read. As with some of the other books in the series, the characters are involved in more than one time travel location and time. This time they are in 1905 England and 1906 southern United States. The story lines are so intricate and full of history! I am grateful to know the author is an historian who makes every effort to be historically accurate. I learned a lot from this book. Knowing this was the final book I was anxious to get to the end and learn how everything was all tied together. And finding out about the professor was mind blowing! Such a wonderful series! If only there was more.
November 10, 2017
Hannah Dias has learned that she can make herself time travel. She misses Mrs. Devenish so much that she transports herself into 1951 to find her. One problem though is she brings someone with her. Alex, Hannah's brother, has never liked their time travel adventures and he certainly isn't happy about it now. Hannah is so happy to see Mrs. D, but Mrs. Devenish's lack of excitement to see her makes Hannah hurt and angry. Hannah is then transported to the early 1900's Balesworth, and once again brings someone with her. She had been holding on to Alex, but Alex is nowhere to be found. Verity on the otherhand has come with her from 1951. Of course the professor is there to help them know what they are doing in that time period. Hannah is to become a maid in young Elizabeth Hughes(Devenish) home. She learns about the early suffragettes movement and she also learns many things about what made Mrs. Devenish who she is. Young Elizabeth is impetuous and headstrong. She also learns about the caste system of servants vs. elites. In the meantime Brandon has been transported to Snipesville, Georgia and has his own problems.
Brandon has been sent to 1905 Snipesville close to the time of the "We don't talk about that" incident. Slavery has been abolished for only 40 years and prejudices still run high. Snipesville is pretty much owned by a Mr. Hughes who fancies himself the leader or king of the whole town. Snipesville has always been a town filled with prejudices and rascism and Brandon is set right in the middle of all of the racial tension. The attitude of the times is that as long as a black person knows their place and keeps to it they are useful, but if anything happens anger and tension runs high and the blame all goes to the black citizens. Alex and Eric, now engaged to Verity in 1951, are transported to Snipesville as well. Brandon knows the ropes of rascism and even though he hates it he knows the history of what happens if a black person makes waves. Alex and Eric on the otherhand have no idea what it means to not be able to treat Brandon as an equal. Brandon feels that his job in traveling to this time period is to help establish a college for black people to further their education. He goes on a journey to raise money from some famous black people of the times, Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois. Two huge names in black history with two different views on education and the movement to end prejudice. In Snipesville Brandon, Alex and Eric get a firsthand look at rascism and the treatment of strangers in their small town that hasn't changed much in the 21st century where they live today.
This is the 4th and last book in The Snipesville Chronicles. It is also the longest! So much information is packed into this book. I liked the switching back and forth between Balesworth where Hannah and Verity were, to Snipesville where Brandon, Alex and Eric were. Both in or around 1905-1906. It was interesting and hard to read about the racial issues of the day. It seems like we have come so far from those times of segragation, but yet we as a country still deal with racial tensions. It boggles my mind, as it should, how people can treat someone of different color or ethnicity so cruelly. I think I could make many more observations on rascism in today's society, but that is not the point of my review. Let's just say that even though we have come a long way, there seems to still be a long way to go. I much preferred Hannah's part of the story which was dealing more with her relationship issues with the young Elizabeth Hughes. Yes, there were prejudicial issues involving class, and the Suffregette's movement getting into full swing, but I was definitely more interested in the relationships. It seems that Hannah has finally matured and she ended up not frustrating me as much as she has in the past. I was definitely glad to see that. Eric and Alex in Snipesville on the otherhand really got on my nerves how naive they were about racial history even as it was slapping them in the face and Brandon was practically yelling it from the rooftops to them! I loved how the whole Snipesville Chronicles was wrapped up, I'm not going to give any spoilers, but it was a twist learning about the Professor! All in all this was a great end to the series.
Brandon has been sent to 1905 Snipesville close to the time of the "We don't talk about that" incident. Slavery has been abolished for only 40 years and prejudices still run high. Snipesville is pretty much owned by a Mr. Hughes who fancies himself the leader or king of the whole town. Snipesville has always been a town filled with prejudices and rascism and Brandon is set right in the middle of all of the racial tension. The attitude of the times is that as long as a black person knows their place and keeps to it they are useful, but if anything happens anger and tension runs high and the blame all goes to the black citizens. Alex and Eric, now engaged to Verity in 1951, are transported to Snipesville as well. Brandon knows the ropes of rascism and even though he hates it he knows the history of what happens if a black person makes waves. Alex and Eric on the otherhand have no idea what it means to not be able to treat Brandon as an equal. Brandon feels that his job in traveling to this time period is to help establish a college for black people to further their education. He goes on a journey to raise money from some famous black people of the times, Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois. Two huge names in black history with two different views on education and the movement to end prejudice. In Snipesville Brandon, Alex and Eric get a firsthand look at rascism and the treatment of strangers in their small town that hasn't changed much in the 21st century where they live today.
This is the 4th and last book in The Snipesville Chronicles. It is also the longest! So much information is packed into this book. I liked the switching back and forth between Balesworth where Hannah and Verity were, to Snipesville where Brandon, Alex and Eric were. Both in or around 1905-1906. It was interesting and hard to read about the racial issues of the day. It seems like we have come so far from those times of segragation, but yet we as a country still deal with racial tensions. It boggles my mind, as it should, how people can treat someone of different color or ethnicity so cruelly. I think I could make many more observations on rascism in today's society, but that is not the point of my review. Let's just say that even though we have come a long way, there seems to still be a long way to go. I much preferred Hannah's part of the story which was dealing more with her relationship issues with the young Elizabeth Hughes. Yes, there were prejudicial issues involving class, and the Suffregette's movement getting into full swing, but I was definitely more interested in the relationships. It seems that Hannah has finally matured and she ended up not frustrating me as much as she has in the past. I was definitely glad to see that. Eric and Alex in Snipesville on the otherhand really got on my nerves how naive they were about racial history even as it was slapping them in the face and Brandon was practically yelling it from the rooftops to them! I loved how the whole Snipesville Chronicles was wrapped up, I'm not going to give any spoilers, but it was a twist learning about the Professor! All in all this was a great end to the series.
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