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The Swan Keeper is an historical, coming of age novel set in Northwest Montana’s Mission Valley in the late 1920s. Lillian Connelly loves trumpeter swans and vows to protect them from a hunter who is killing them and leaving their carcasses for the wolves and coyotes to ravage. On her eleventh birthday Lilly’s family visits
READ MOREThe Plot The Swan Keeper is a historical, coming-of-age novel set in Northwest Montana’s Mission Valley in the late 1920s. It tells the story of Lilly Connelly, an eleven-year-old with a wild imagination and deep love for swans. On her eleventh birthday, Lilly’s family visits the Cattail Marsh to see the newly hatched cygnets. The family
READ MOREThe Swan Keeper by Milana Marsenich is a coming of age study in grief, perseverance, trust in oneself, and justice. Lilly Connelly is on the cusp of young adulthood when tragedy hits her family. Lilly is positive she knows who the perpetrator of this crime is, but no one will believe her, not the law,
READ MOREThe Swan Keeper was a book that really surprised me, and one which I thoroughly enjoyed. Set in the late 1920s in a small community in Northern Montana, it focuses on 11 year old Lillian Connelly, her family, and the trumpeter swans that she has vowed to protect. Lillian’s father has discovered that Dean Drake,
READ MOREDescription (from Goodreads): Girlhood, courage, nature, and flight from a tyrant’s hand in post-frontier Montana. The Swan Keeper is an historical, coming of age novel set in Northwest Montana’s Mission Valley in the late 1920s. Lillian Connelly loves trumpeter swans and vows to protect them from a hunter who is killing them and leaving their carcasses
READ MORESummary: Lilly Connelly can’t wait to turn eleven years old. Eleven is a magical year in the Connelly family. Eleven is imagination and limitless potential. Being eleven is like standing on the top of a mountain, wind in your face, arms outstretched and knowing that with just a bit of magic you could fly. Lilly
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