Rinaldi knows how to appeal to YA readers, especially those who like historical fiction. Added to this is Mary's longing to know her father and about how the two are reunited. The plot becomes one of boarding school themes: jealousy among the girls, breaking the rules, and so forth. Ann Rinaldi Mutiny's Daughter Library Binding Februby Ann Rinaldi (Author) 6 ratings See all formats and editions Library Binding 6.24 7 Used from 2.64 Paperback 5.95 10 Used from 5. One girl, however, unearths the truth that Mary is the daughter of Fletcher Christian and uses that knowledge to blackmail her.Ĭoleridge? Well, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner may be about Mary's father, Fletcher Christian, or so Mary thinks. The other girls at the school also seem to have irregular backgrounds and they love telling fanciful histories of themselves.
Then, the story begins as Mary is in adolescence and the family proposes that she attend a school in London run by women devoted to the ideas of Mary Wollstonecraft and the equality of women. Rinaldi does a "what if" story here-what if Christian and his little daughter managed to come to England and Mary was passed off as the daughter of Christian's brother and raised by her grandmother? Christian is a criminal because of his role in the mutiny. The main character, Mary, is the daughter of Fletcher Christian, born after the mutiny on the Bounty when Christian took refuge on an island in Tahiti and married a native woman. but this story will be an introduction to them. Jįletcher Christian, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Mary Wollstonecraft-these are names readers may not be familiar with.
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