Jacob Have I Loved
by Katherine Paterson

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Summary: 5 Stars

Louise hates her twin sister Caroline Bradshaw. They live in a small Chesapeake Bay island, Rass Island, in the mid 1900's. Caroline is loved by everyone because of her sweetness and voice, and Sara Louise is always ignored, even her family always ignores her. This book is the story of the twin's lives. When Sara Louise, also called "Wheeze" was 14 years old, she wanted to own a boat and be just like her father, but at Rass Island, women are not allowed to own boats, they are housewives. Louise goes with her best guy friend Call, who is also always ignored, to look for crabs and make money off them. They stay with half of the profit and give the other half to their families.
One day when Louise was helping her mom and Caroline with the groceries, a weird man came out of the ferry. Only the old people knew him. His name was "Hiram Wallace" and Louise did not believe that he was the real Hiram Wallace; she thought he was a spy. Call and Louise visited Hiram Wallace, the captain, every day. And as each day passed he convinced them he was Hiram Wallace. Hiram Wallace was the Captain Wallace son, who died a long time ago. He was coming to the island because his father's house was still there. Later on Caroline started visiting the captain. Louise fell in love with him. The captain was a 70-year-old man! A hurricane came to Rass Island and the captain had to stay at the Bradshaw's house because his house flew away. Louise's grandmother did not want the captain there because he was sleeping in her bed and she knew Louise had fallen in love with him. So, the captain decided to leave and got married to Auntie Braxton because he realized they needed each other. Auntie needed someone to take care of her since she was sick, and the captain needed a home. Auntie Braxton died and left lots of money to the captain. The captain said that since Auntie loved hearing Caroline sing that she would love for him to use the money to send Caroline to Baltimore Boarding school and continue singing. That's what Caroline had always wanted but her parents did not have the money. What about Louise? Cant her wish also come true?
Louise missed Call, since she only saw him on Sundays at church. He was becoming a real waterman. One afternoon Louise heard her grandmother say, "Jacob have a loved, but Essau have I hated." Which has to do with this twins from the bible like Caroline and Louise. Jacob was the hated one. Louise came with the conclusion that God hated her. She decided not to pay much attention to school and do what she wanted, which was to pay more attention to the water. She was becoming a man while Caroline was in Baltimore. Louise's mom offered her to go to Crisfield, but Louise got it the wrong way and thought her family wanted to get rid of her, since God already hated her. AT age 17 Caroline and Call got married in New York for Christmas and Louise parents went to the wedding. Louise stayed with her grandmother in the island. For Christmas, the captain went to have dinner with them and convinced Louise to go study what she really wanted to which was to be a doctor. When Louise told her mom, her mom said she would miss her even more than Caroline. Louise went to study nursing to a mountainous island, which was her dream. So later in the future she could study to be a doctor. Her grandmother, the captain, and her father died while she was in this island. The only persons funeral she could not go to was her fathers. What happened to her in the island? Did she have a better life?
This has been one of the best books I have ever read, since it is a total page-turner. The best thing about the book is that if you don't understand something, it will be explained later in the book, so you will not miss any special details

Word Count: 697

Summary of Jacob Have I Loved

Esau have I hated . . .

Sara Louise Bradshaw is sick and tired of her beautiful twin Caroline. Ever since they were born, Caroline has been the pretty one, the talented one, the better sister. Even now, Caroline seems to take everything: Louise's friends, their parents' love, her dreams for the future.

For once in her life, Louise wants to be the special one. But in order to do that, she must first figure out who she is . . . and find a way to make a place for herself outside her sister's shadow.

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