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Ballywhinney Girl

The story is about a young Irish girl discovering a mummy buried in a peat bog.  Told from the young girl’s perspective, it recounts the events from discovery through placement of the mummy in the museum.  Throughout, the young girl who made the discovery is caught up in wondering about the young girl who was buried perhaps 1000 years before.  When she goes to see the museum exhibit, she raises the question of whether the dead girl misses her cozy resting place, and minds being put on display.  Normally I’m a big Eve Bunting fan, but this one didn’t capture me as much as I hoped.  There really wasn’t enough to the tale to make me care about the characters.  I don’t think most of my students will be impressed, but still I’m glad to own it, as part of the Eve Bunting collection.