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As a South Carolina girl, I found this fascinating! Based on a true story and real people, this is a part of my state's history I did not know, and I was a History major!! Gaahhhh!
Eliza Lucas is 16 and, in the absence of her brothers, is put in charge of her father's estate in SC in 1739 while he goes away to spend all the family's money on his military career. Desperate to save her family's lands, and to avoid her mother's insistence on marriage, Eliza makes a deal with a female slave to teach the slaves to read if she will share her knowledge of making indigo dyes. A big risk on many fronts, still Eliza shows amazing courage and determination in the face of huge odds - everyone is against her except just a few supporters, including perhaps a childhood friend.
Simply written, but a great story. This young girl literally changed the course of history in a time when women were only allowed to decide what to wear. We've come a long way, baby, in part thanks to Eliza!! Appropriate read for teens and history buffs alike.
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