Title: I, Emma Freke
Author: Atkinson, Elizabeth
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books, 2012
ISBN-13: 978-0761385004
Genre: REalistic Fiction
Reading Level: 750 Lexile
Interest Level: 11+
Readers Annotation: With a name like Emma Freke (freak) life can be a little tough especially when your mother is not loving and you do not know your father.
Plot:
Emma does not feel like she belongs in her family. Her name gets her made fun of in school and she runs the bead store her mother owns. Emma has no idea who her father is. One day after talking with her friend, Emma is convinced she has been adopted. When confronting her mother with this, Donatella as she calls her mother, laughs. This starts Emma's journey of finding out who she is and where she comes from. Her mother tells her that Walter Freke, her last husband, is in fact Emma's father and his family has a reunion each year. Emma gets to go. At the reunion, things are not as they seem and Emma realizes that sometimes people do not get along with their families for different reasons. Her father does not go to the reunion, will she ever get to meet him?
Review:
This story is one about finding one's roots. It is an interesting story where families are divided when they do not all follow the rules. Donatella is Emma's mother, and Emma resents her in the beginning of the story. By the end, Emma realizes the love her mother has shown her in a different way as well as the strength she has instilled in Emma. It is a great coming of age story.
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