A Gathering Of Days Sparknotes

I read this book called “A Gathering Of Days”. This book takes place during the years 1830-1832.
It follows this thirteen year old girl named Catherine Hall, who lives a pioneer life and tells in her journal about it. Later in the book she turns fourteen in May. She lives in the state of New Hampshire in Meredith with her father named Charles Hall and her younger sister named Mary Martha. Catherine also has this uncle named Jack who helps the family a lot. Catherine loves making quilts and makes them frequently. Catherine has this best friend Cassie Shipman who she gets along with very well and very important to her until something bad happens to Cassie. Catherine and Cassie of course have their bad time with each and their good times with
Despite not having her mother anymore she still lives a normal like a girl would. Over the years of this story she tells about something very important which is slavery that happened since the Civil War hasn't happened yet, which really this would of happen during this time period. Catherine and Cassie also encountered a runaway slave who they helped. Some of the words they use in this book are words people would use back then in the 1800s which i didn't know what they meant. Eventually Catherine's father remarried to this women named Ann Highmen which she had a son named Daniel. Catherine starts to not like Ann and her son Daniel but overtime she gets used to them and accepts them as her stepmother and stepbrother. After that everything seems good for Catherine until her best friend gets sick with a high fever. Catherine tries to help her in is with her most of the times until days passed on and on August 20,1831 Cassie dies. This makes her very sad and things now didn't look good for her. Soon she was out of school and homeschool by her stepmother who was smart and able to teacher her. She tells about her last times in her home in her journal when her aunt Lucy gets married to teacher Holt who was Catherine's old teacher, invites her to