Reviews for Trouble don't last

The average rating for Trouble don't last based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-09-07 00:00:00 Charles Ernest I grumbled through the first half of this book because I so did not want to read it. Shelley Pearsall is coming to visit our school, and so I had to read it. It just wasn't jiving with what my reading tastes were craving. But I kept going, and I am oh-so glad I did. I almost cried when I finished it about 5 minutes ago. This is a suspenseful and endearing book, one that is very deserving of its awards. I live in an Ohio town full of Underground Railroad history, and I cannot wait to have the author visit and talk about this excellent story of freed slaves. She did a great job of taking some adult ideas - the essence of freedom and the ugliness of slavery- and delivering them to children in a way that will make them see, feel and know how it was to travel from being a piece of property to a place where even the sky can belong to you. Great book.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-02-29 00:00:00 Tom Byrne Imagine being a 11 year old slave boy, and having no rights or anything like that. It would be hard, right? In my opinion, this was an amazing adventure and story. This book is about 11 year old Samuel and 73 year old Harrison, who are trying their hardest to escape from their owner, Master Hackler. This book takes place on a farm in Kentucky, to their journey to the north. This is important to the story because it proves they started from Kentucky, on a slave farm, and go on a journey to hopefully be free. Samuel is awoken one night by Harrison, Harrison is carrying a backpack, and holding a lantern. He tells Samuel to get up and follow him, and Samuel does, not realizing what's happening. Long story short, the next day, they are hiding in a tree about 20 miles north of the farm. They go on a huge journey, going north. Eventually, they get to the so called, "free side." A white man commands them to fish for them, and Harrison is very depressed. He thought it would be different. Then, they meet a nice lady, who never mentions her name, and gets them on a boat to Canada. They are stopped by 4 white men with pistols, and they ask for their free papers. Out of nowhere, Samuel reaches into Harrison coat, and pulls out an old news paper. Then one of the men says, "What does it say?" And the man responds, "It says their free." After that, they live safely in Canada, and Samuel finds his lost mother and finds out the Harrison is his grandfather. The type of conflict is person vs person because they are always stopped by people and hit by people, etc. The theme of this book is to never give up, look at where they started, and look at where they finished. That's some progress there. The 1st person point of view affects this story because it makes it feel like you are in the story, I don't know how to put it, but it just feels like that. The title relates to the book because "Trouble Don't Last" means that trouble you get yourself into, won't last once you are long gone. In the story, they go through lots of trouble, and it makes them who they are. A major event that changed the character is when Samuel found out that Harrison was his grandfather, it changed how he thought of him. I was surprised when the guy believed that the newspaper was their free papers, but then I looked it up and it turns out, basically no one knew how to read back then. If I were the author I would have maybe added a little more to the end, because the moment I finished it I wanted to read a sequel. I was satisfied with the way the book turned out in the end, it was an amazing book. I would rate this book 5 out of 5 because it was in my opinion one of the best books I've ever read. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure books and books with a good story. Just think if you ever think you're life is hard, just imagine what they went through.