Selling Hope

Title: Selling Hope

 

Author: Kristin O'Donnell Tubb

 

Summary: 13 year old Hope is traveling with her vaudeville troop along with her father in 1910 - right around the time when Halley's Comet was going to pass through. Hope is tired of traveling with her vaudeville troop and she dreams of settling down in a small town with her father. While passing through the town she used to live in before her mother died and she joined vaudeville 5 years prior, Hope sees her chance to finally get the "normal" life she wants.

To get money for rent and other expenses they will come across while settling down, Hope invents "anti-comet" pills to sell to people who fear the comet. The pills sell quickly and many take to the idea. But then, Hope begins to think about where home really is and where she would really be happy.

 

Comments: I thought this story was very interesting, and I enjoyed it (I am partial to historic fiction though). Hope was likeable and I was fascinated with the descriptions of vaudeville and how Hope was so young yet she was a performer. I also found the fear behind Halley's Comet interesting too. I don't think that anyone under the age of 10 would get everything out of this book though, so I recommend this for 10+.

 

Complaints: None

 

Rating: 5 stars