"Rachel and the Riot" by Susan Martins Miller

About this book:

  “Rachel Borland wants peace in her family.

In their hometown of Minneapolis, streetcar workers have started a union—and this new labor movement has divided Rachel’s family.

The ten-year-old is troubled enough by her relatives’ bickering, but the issue becomes even more personal when Rachel is unwittingly caught up in a streetcar workers’ riot. Will she escape the mob uninjured? Can she count on God to settle the differences among the people she loves?”


Series: Book #15 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, #11, #12, #13, & #14.


Spiritual Content- Prayers & Blessing over food; Mentions of God & Jesus; Mentions of prayers & blessings over food; Mentions of churches, church going, hymns; Mentions of Easter.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘stupid’; Rachel sees violence from riots & is scared (up to semi-detailed); All about many mentions of violence, mobs/riots/strikes, & heckling others; Mentions of fighting, injuries, & blood/bleeding; Mentions of doctor activities (barely-above-not-detailed); A couple mentions of jealousy; A couple mentions of eye rolling;

             *Note: A couple mentions of a book & author.

Sexual Content- N/A.

-Rachel Borland, age 10-11
                                P.O.V. switches between Rachel & Sam

                                            Set in 1889
                                                    142 pages

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My personal Rating-

Rachel won me over when she started helping a new girl in her class (who speaks no English) by repeating different words multiple times and just spending time with her. When another girl teases Annalina, Rachel stands up for her and keeps trying to get everyone to be friendly to Annalina. Definitely my favorite of the series. :)

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.