A Coal Miner's Bride Sparknotes

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The novel “ A Coal Miner’s Bride-The Diary of Anetka Kaminska” is a biography. The author of the book is Susan Campbell Bartoletti and the publisher is Scholastic Inc. The book was published on July 1, 2000 and the number of pages is 219. The book is about a 13 year old Polish girl named Anetka. She is living on a farm with a younger brother named Jozef, and her grandma, Babcia. Her father is a soldier and a her mother died of a disease. The main characters in the book are Anetka, Babcia, Jozef, Stanley and Leon. Anteka is a determined and hard working girl. She takes care of her grandma, Babcia and her little brother, Jozef. She is neat and organized and she doesn’t like distractions. If she had done something wrong, she would be honest …show more content…
They will get married after a few days. Anetka is not happy, she is very nervous and she can’t do anything about it. A few days later, it is the day of the wedding. Everyone brought gifts and food to celebrate their marriage. There was music and dancing. While the dancing was happening, Leon came and asked Anetka to dance with him. After Stanley came back, he was filled with anger and jealousy.
At the end of the novel, Leon and Anetka are finally together. Stanley and Anetka are no longer together. Stanley had passed away. Anetka is happy she can be with Leon instead of with Stanley. They are now living in America. At first Anetka didn’t want to go to America, but her father convinced her. She realized Leon was living there and she was overjoyed. Soon, She married Leon and they had three daughters.
My favorite part of the novel was the end when Anetka and Leon can finally be together. After a few months,Stanley passed away, and Anetka decided to marry Leon. Arrangements were made, and they all lived as a happy family.
My least favorite part is when Jozef runs away to a coal mining factory instead of going to school. When Babcia and Anetka suppose he is on his way to school, he changes his mind and runs to the work at the coal factory. Something that could have been better presented by the author is Jozef surprising Babcia and Anetka and by going to school for

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