Candle in the Darkness by Lynn Austin [Adult Fiction]
by Christine, 12th grader
Caroline is a young (Pre-Civil War) Southern Belle with a too-kind heart. She was born in the wrong place for her abolitionist views. The book follows her life from the time she was 11 (her first bad experience with slavery), all through her teen years during the war. This book is written frame-narrative style, with everything in the middle written as her personal account of the “Why?” behind her actions as she faces some very tough decisions.
This was one of the best books I have read in a long time. I highly recommend it along with its companion book: Fire by Night.
