Cinnamon moon is about twelve year old Ailis and her brother, Quinn. They survive a fire in their home in Peshitgo, Wisconsin. Their parents and little sister did not. They get sent to a Chicago boardinghouse. After their six year old friend, Nettie goes missing , Ailis and Quinn go looking for her. An amazing story about teamwork and friendship. 5 stars
Cinnamon Moon
By Tess Hilmo
Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
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Grades 4 - 7 | Grades 3 - 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
On the same day as the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, 250 miles away in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, there was an even more devastating fire. Twelve-year-old Ailis and her younger brother, Quinn, survive, but their family does not. Ailis and Quinn are taken by a family acquaintance to live in a boarding house in Chicago, where they meet six-year-old Nettie, an orphan displaced by Chicago's fire. But the woman who runs the boarding house makes their lives miserable, and Ailis vows to find a way for the three of them to leave. Ailis finds a job at a millinery shop and Quinn plays his fiddle on the streets so they can save money. Then Nettie disappears, and Ailis and Quinn discover she's been kidnapped by a group that forces children to work in the sewers killing rats. Can they find a way to rescue her? CINNAMON MOON is Tess Hilmo's riveting story of friendship and finding home.
A Margaret Ferguson Book