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=[|Joshua's Song]= Review By Taylor Bradley

The book Joshua’s Song by [|Joan Hiatt Harlow]was a very good book. The main character Joshua Harper is my favorit person in the book he's caring, nice, and does generous things. He helps a lot of people even himself, thats one of the things i like about him.

Joshua is a 13 year old boy that has to work as a newsboy (in Downtown Bostonon State Street) which he doesn’t like at all. He doesn’t like working neither does his mother, but they both had to work now that they have no money. At first Joshua was in a boy’s chorus, but then his voice changed and he quit. So now he is a newsboy in Downtown Boston on State Street.

I liked the plot in the book. I liked that it mostly took place at one location. It was at State Street Downtown Boston. It's is where Joshua got his job, where he got in his first fight and so much more. A lot of other books i have read take place in a lot of other locations and you can't tell weather it took place here or it took place their. That is another reason why i liked this book.

Joshua is a quiet boy that keeps his comments to his self thats kinda like me. He doesn’t like to brag because he thinks he has nothing to brag about, he barely has enough food. But he knows how to make it though the day. Joshua and his mother aren’t exactly miserable they have it pretty good compared to some people, but he doesn’t realize it until the end of the book.

The end of the book was my favorite part of the book its filled with thrills, chills, and a nice little song. I guess that’s why they call it Joshua’s Song. In the book there is a girl named Angelina and her mother is very sick with the pelage. By Angelina’s house there is a huge tank of molasses. One day a tornado came and lifted all the molasses out of the tank causing a big wave of it. The Angelina’s mother was still inside so Joshua went in to save her but parts of the house fell. The mother was trapped and she was sick so she told Joshua that she was going to die anyway. So she wanted him to sing a prayer or sing a song to her so she would pass away in peace. Joshua sung the song and she died holding his hand.

When he told another newsboy named Charlie he said he would tell Angelina so he wouldn’t have to put all that on her. As you can see that is what I thought of this book. It was a nice book about Joshua Harper who helped so many people and his self.