At the Sign of the Star by Katherine Sturtevant

Interest Level: 5-8
Reading Level: 6.3
Lexile: 860L
Genre: Historical Fiction

Meg is the only surviving child of a late-17th-century London bookseller whose wife died in childbirth. Interested in books and education, Meg often works with her father and has great plans as her father's sole heir of the bookstore. But her father's remarriage to a young woman who is only slightly older than Meg, appears to have ruined her plans. Her new stepmother makes friendly gestures to Meg, but headstrong Meg resists all the woman's efforts and almost alienates her father and stepmother. Through visits with another girl her age, Meg matures and learns that most girls of the era face futures out of their control.

I found this book in a pile of giveaways. I read on the back that it was about a young girl and her love of books. The first 20 pages were difficult to get through. At about page 60 I was ready to quit but I cared about Meg and wanted to see how her story ended. The book was slow and hard to stay with but since I did care about Meg and what happened to her, I give this book 2 out of 5 stars.