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Margo L. Dill is a children's author and freelance editor as well as a workshop leader living in St. Louis, MO. She is the author of picture books and middle grade novels and the owner of Editor-911 Books publishing company. She is the managing editor for WOW! Women On Writing and teaches classes and blogs for WOW! She also works as a quality assurance manager for Farm Journal. But her best job is as a mom to both her 10-year-old girl and 2-year-old dog, Sudsi.
Reviewed by Michelle Robertson for Readers' Favorite
"Finding My Place: One Girl's Strength at Vicksburg" is written by Margo L. Dill. This book was uniquely researched and written as an American Civil War Adventure Story. The genre of the book is historical fiction. Though designed as an adventure story, it is an educational story for all ages as well. The intriguing story line will not allow you to stop turning the pages as you yearn to find out what happens next. The story tells of a young teenage girl and her family's experiences and hardships, both emotional and physical, during a time when the American Civil War entered the town of Vicksburg, Tennessee.
"Finding My Place: One Girl's Strength at Vicksburg" is a great story for parents and teachers to give to young readers not only to read but to learn and enjoy. At the end of the story an explanation is supplied of what are actual facts. I loved that aspect of the book. If the reader is not an avid fan of historical fiction or historical books, they may not know the difference between facts and fiction. The author even supplies a list of questions for a discussion session or testing. The education section at the back of the book impressed me. I love discussion sections at the end of educational historical fiction books which help the readers to better understood what they have read. I myself went down through the questions after reading this book. Having the questions at the end of the book also generates further interest in an area or topic. The author also has a section where she lists books of similar subject matter and genre for the sake of readers whho want to read further in that area. Margo L Dill has done a fantastic job conveying a young girl's life and experience during this time period. I would recommend this book to parents who want a new book for their personal collection, and to public and school libraries to add to their historical fiction section.
