title: Boston Jane Series: An Adventure
author:  Jennifer L. Holm 
description: Holm (Our Only May Amelia) returns to the frontier (by way of Philadelphia) in this fast-paced second novel about a blossoming society lady who must surrender etiquette in order to survive. The enormously likable and irrepressible 16-year-old narrator Jane recounts her childhood crush on her father's apprentice William, which caused her, at age 11, to trade her tomboyish spitting and cherry pie-eating for proper deportment and embroidery lessons at Miss Hepplewhite's Young Ladies Academy. As Jane makes her way to the Oregon territory to marry William, Holm humorously juxtaposes Miss Hepplewhite's lessons with the reality of life at sea and on the frontier in 1854. Such advice as travelers must "dress plainly and pack lightly" does not seem to apply: Jane reflects, "She had been rather remiss in mentioning any hints on killing fleas, avoiding rats, bathing with seawater, or being seasick." The plot thickens when she meets Jehu, an officer on the ship and discovers that William has departed for a project with the governor. Jane (named Boston Jane by the local Chinook Indians) must share a cabin with unkempt, tobacco-chewing men and make herself useful by cooking, washing and mending rather than supervising servants or pouring tea. The developing love triangle (with Jehu and William) takes a back seat to Holm's credible portrait of Jane's budding friendships with the Chinook and pioneers, and the series of challenges that transform her into the outspoken, self-reliant young woman readers will long remember. Ages 10-up. </P><P>Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.</P>
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  # More Novels by Jennifer L. Holm
  
  
  The Fourteenth Goldfish
  
  
  Full of Beans
  
  
  Turtle in Paradise
  
  
  Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf
  
  
  Eighth Grade Is Making Me Sick
  
  
  Penny from Heaven
  
  
  The Boston Jane series
  
  
  The May Amelia books
  
  
  # By Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
  
  
  Babymouse: Tales from the Locker
  
  
  The Babymouse series
  
  
  The Squish series
  
  
  Sunny Side Up
  
  
  Swing It, Sunny
  
  
  My First Comics series
  
  
  The Comics Squad series (with Jarrett J. Krosoczka)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![Book Title, The Third Mushroom, Author, Jennifer L. Holm, Imprint, Random
  House Books for Young Readers](images/Holm_9781524719821_epub3_001_r1.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are
  the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any
  resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely
  coincidental.
  
  
  Text copyright © 2018 by Jennifer L. Holm
  
  
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