num_pages: 244
description: "Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated . . ." With her grandmother's taunt, Louise knew that she, like the biblical Esau, was the despised elder twin. Caroline, her selfish younger sister, was the one everyone loved.Growing up on a tiny Chesapeake Bay island in the early 1940s, angry Louise reveals how Caroline robbed her of everything: her hopes for schooling, her friends, her mother, even her name. While everyone pampered Caroline, Wheeze (her sister's name for her) began to learn the ways of the watermen and the secrets of the island, especially of old Captain Wallace, who had mysteriously returned after fifty years. The war unexpectedly gave this independent girl a chance to fulfill her childish dream to work as a watermen alongside her father. But the dream did not satisfy the woman she was becoming. Alone and unsure, Louise began to fight her way to a place where Caroline could not reach.Renowned author Katherine Paterson here chooses a little-known area off the Maryland shore as her setting for a fresh telling of the ancient story of an elder twin's lost birthright.
language: English
title: Jacob Have I Loved
titlecomplete: Jacob Have I Loved
characters: Truitt Bradshaw, Louise Bradshaw, Susan Bradshaw, Hiram Wallace, Call Purnell, Auntie Braxton, Louise Bradshaw the grandma, Caroline Bradshaw
genres: Realistic Fiction, Childrens, Coming Of Age, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Historical, Fiction, Classics, Juvenile, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 33759
places: The United States of America, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, Maryland, Rass Island, Maryland
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 378720000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Children's Books, Fiction (Hardcover) (1981) & (Paperback), awardedAt: 1483257600000
name: لاک‌پشت پرنده
publisher: Scholastic