"Meg Follows a Dream" by Norma Jean Lutz

About this book:

  “Why doesn’t anyone understand Med Buehler?

Twelve-year-old Meg Buehler loves to draw—and she’s very good at it. But her family just can’t understand why she pours herself into her art.

Meg’s ten-year-old brother, Fred, thinks her drawings are silly. He’s much more concerned with politics—especially the growing national issue of slavery. Now that’s something Mag can’t understand. Will her family ever realize that Meg’s pursuing a dream of her heart? Will she be able to stand up for herself and use the gifts God gave her?”


Series: Book #11 in the “Sisters in Time” series. Click on the numbers to be taken to that review: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, & #10.


Spiritual Content- A few Scriptures are mentioned; Talks about God, Jesus, & being who God made you to be; ‘H’s are capitalized when referring to God; Mentions of God, Jesus, & forgiveness; Mentions of prayers & praying; Mentions of churches, church going, sermons, & preachers; A couple mentions of reading Scriptures.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘blasted’; Meg is attacked by a hen & is bleeding (barely-above-not-detailed); Meg’s brother is teases her meanly (and often), comments that he won’t listen to her, & also says he won’t do “woman’s work”; Meg’s siblings lock her outside in the cold & she gets injured (barely-above-not-detailed); Many mentions of being teased & bullies; Mentions of slavery & slaves; Mentions of blood/bleeding; Mentions of fighting, punching those teasing others, & injuries; A few mentions of deaths from cholera & yellow fever; A few mentions of violence; A few mentions of hatred; A few mentions of lies & lying; A few mentions of slaughterhouses & meatpacking plants; A couple mentions of boiler explosions; A couple mentions of beer & drinking; A mention of animal manure; A mention of cigar smoke.

Sexual Content- Mentions of a beautiful/handsome young man (from Meg’s eyes); A couple mentions of blushes.

-Margaret “Meg” Buehler, age 12
                                P.O.V. of Meg

                                            Set in 1844
                                                    142 pages

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My personal Rating-

This one was…different. Sure, there’s the character teasing our main girl, but no one has been as mean as her younger brother, Fred, was in this one compared to past books in the series. I have to comment on that fact that Fred made me so mad! He was such a little brat! I wished that all would have worked out better, but because of the rushed ending, it seemed skimmed over for a plot point that was throughout the rest of the book.

See y’all on Friday with a new review!

*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.