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I love this book for its peek into 19th century history, its humor, its sense of adventure and its warm and abiding characters. I read the book in about three days, the entire second half in just one. The characters absolutely glow, especially Hattie, her Pa, and Jasper. Clara Gillow Clark shows great skill in presenting the story from a young girl's point of view with her limited perspective on life and her grief, simultaneously hinting at other characters' perspectives that are different than hers. Her anger, her fear of displeasing Pa, the way her guard was constantly up with Jasper and some of the townspeople she meets along her journey are evident; at the same time, the author manages to convey that everything is not necessarily the way it looks to Hattie. I understood right away, through subtle hints and gestures, that Pa's grieving, too, and that Hattie only reminds him of his loss, but he still loves her.

I completely loved the rafting trip. Having spent many summers in the northeastern corner of Pennsylvania, it was so neat to recognize many of the towns they passed through, and to see them go by from the vantage point of the swift river raft, at the pace they were traveling, was refreshing. I enjoyed learning about the logging history of the area and seeing it in action. Loved the developing relationship between Hattie and Jasper, and hints of what may come in subsequent books in the series.

The author skillfully maintains the metaphor of the hawk throughout the story through Hattie's close identification with its qualities. She also has a great way of creating suspense and realism on the river ride. One of my favorite parts of the story was when Pa lets Hattie steer the raft, and the first time she yells, "Pull Pennsylvania," it just gave me the chills. And the ending was perfect.

Highly recommended.


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Hill Hawk Hattie Clara Gillow Clark Books Reviews

Hill Hawk Hattie by Clara Gillow Clark
Introduces readers to
Little Hattie Belle, a young girl who recently
Lost her sweeter-than-her-Ma's plum pie
* Ma. Hattie & her pa have a
Hard journey through grief
And perilous river rapids. I cried
When Hattie cut off her braids. No one could
Know she was a girl, the little girl she ached
* to be. She missed Pa calling her
His girl. Hattie, now called Harley, was so
Angry with her pa. She didn't know
The lengths he was going just
To protect his girl. Again,
I cried when she was kissed by a boy & later
Entered a grand ball room all girled up with
* her handsome pa who had to let her go.
Hill Hawk Hattie by Clara Gillow Clark, fiction for upper elementary school girls, tells the beautiful story of 11-year-old Hattie Belle in the late 1800's. With her mother dead, Hattie is left alone with her father, a rough logger who makes his living by rafting the logs down the Delaware River.

One day her father comes home and announces that Hattie is going to pass as his son and join him on the river. Concerned that she's no longer "his girl," Hattie still settles into the logging routines and befriends 13-year-old Jasper, another logger's son.

Clara Clark describes the trip down the Delaware in vivid detail. The reader gets to experience the perils of riding through rapids on a raft that can break apart any minute and how fearful Hattie is that the other men will discover her identity and turn against her father.

Towards the end of the book Clark uses the metaphor of Hattie's journey to show Hattie's inner life. In reflecting on her mother's death Hattie confides to Jasper, "I think my ma got stuck in her mind somewhere between her fine home in Kingston and our hills. Somehow, I think it just pulled her apart, like a raft breaking apart on rocks you can't see." (p. 146)

After they get off the river, Hattie discovers that her father has a different plan for her life. A river of thought spun around in my head, floated together, fit into a pattern like logs and lash poles, pieces that shaped the story of our journey, mine and Pa's. "You taking me to Kingston, Pa?"

Highly recommended book!
I absolutely loved this book. It tugs at the heart strings, and brings back so many memories of yesterday.
This Book is Excellent! Clara Gillow Clark's characterizations are beautifully intricate, and captivating. It is a difficult book to put down because of that. Being from this area she is writing of, I appreciate and love the geographical context and details over where the events are occuring. She has put a lot of research into the history of the area. I LOVED this book.
Thank you!
The minute I got this book, I ripped the package open, and started reading. I didn't put it down till I'd finished it. I read it in two or three hours. That's how good it was! Ruggedly realistic for the time period, this book feels compleatly authentic! I am a living historian and can be knitpicky, but did not notice a single flaw in the history this book presents. Well written, this book spoke to my heart, and made me feel as if it was I who was braving that river! Hattie's secret was well played, and very clever. Pa was a character not unlike my own Father, and their relationship was very real. Jasper was an amazing character as well. Altogether an amazing piece of literary genius!
I love this book for its peek into 19th century history, its humor, its sense of adventure and its warm and abiding characters. I read the book in about three days, the entire second half in just one. The characters absolutely glow, especially Hattie, her Pa, and Jasper. Clara Gillow Clark shows great skill in presenting the story from a young girl's point of view with her limited perspective on life and her grief, simultaneously hinting at other characters' perspectives that are different than hers. Her anger, her fear of displeasing Pa, the way her guard was constantly up with Jasper and some of the townspeople she meets along her journey are evident; at the same time, the author manages to convey that everything is not necessarily the way it looks to Hattie. I understood right away, through subtle hints and gestures, that Pa's grieving, too, and that Hattie only reminds him of his loss, but he still loves her.

I completely loved the rafting trip. Having spent many summers in the northeastern corner of Pennsylvania, it was so neat to recognize many of the towns they passed through, and to see them go by from the vantage point of the swift river raft, at the pace they were traveling, was refreshing. I enjoyed learning about the logging history of the area and seeing it in action. Loved the developing relationship between Hattie and Jasper, and hints of what may come in subsequent books in the series.

The author skillfully maintains the metaphor of the hawk throughout the story through Hattie's close identification with its qualities. She also has a great way of creating suspense and realism on the river ride. One of my favorite parts of the story was when Pa lets Hattie steer the raft, and the first time she yells, "Pull Pennsylvania," it just gave me the chills. And the ending was perfect.

Highly recommended.