Emily realizes the world isn’t perfect and she shouldn’t have judged her Uncle, because he was snatching dead bodies to help medical science and save more lives during a horrible time of war. Then the reader sees her grow as into a young lady, where she isn’t so innocent anymore.
She judges her Uncle for something she believes is horrible and doesn’t understand because of her young, innocent age. She wants to believe the world is a good place. I also think students will relate with Emily, because she wants to see the good in everything. Students will see this part of history through a different point of view, not just learning about it through their textbook. Emily's best friend is Annie Surratt, the daughter of Mary Surratt who was hung for her part in the conspiracy to murder Lincoln. She doesn't turn towards the conspiracy to kill Lincoln till later.
She then describes the history of hospitals, medical schools and medicine in the US. While the assignation and arrest of Mary Surratt is the major historical event around which the book is written, it is more about the state of medical science in the US at the end of the war and how it was impacted by the war.įor instance, Rinaldi's author's note starts out focused on the history of medical dissections in the united states, and then goes on to describe its history in Europe. The book is dark with intrigue and gross medical stuff, so students should love it. It covers some important parts of history and the reader sees it through the eyes of a thirteen old girl. An Acquaintance with Darkness by Ann Rinaldi Ann Rinaldi has written a book that weaves history and fiction into a wonderful book, and this is why I have chosen this book.
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