Miss Wilton's Waltz

Children's Book and Media Review Volume 39 Issue 10 Article 20 2018 Miss Wilton's Waltz Lisa Packard Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cbmr BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Packard, Lisa (2018) "Miss Wilton's Waltz," Children's Book and Media Review: Vol. 39 : Iss. 10 , Article 20. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cbmr/vol39/iss10/20 This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Children's Book and Media Review by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact , . Packard: Miss Wilton's Waltz Book Review Miss Wilton’s Waltz Author Josi S. Kilpack Illustrator Reviewer Lisa Packard Rating Outstanding Level Young Adult Pages Lenora Wilton has hidden behind her piano until she decides to move to Bath with her Aunt and become a teacher. To handle her anxiety, she takes late night walks by the river. There she is discovered by none other than her most difficult student’s uncle, Mr. Asher. They fall in love but are found alone by the river one night, resulting in Lenora losing her job and the revelation that Mr. Asher is already engaged. With a broken heart, Lenora agrees to teach Mr. Asher’s difficult niece while Mr. Asher tries to break his engagement. Eventually, Lenora follows her heart and learns to trust Mr. Asher again. Kilpack tells a wonderful story of becoming who you truly are despite the circumstances. Miss Wilton’s Waltz is a sequel to her novel The Vicar’s Daughter. The changes that Lenora goes through are astounding. Not only does she overcome her shyness and anxiety, but she learns to forgive and trust as well. Her ability to forgive the one that ruined her chance to happiness and the one that wasn’t honest shows a great deal of bravery and sense of character. Although Mr. Asher’s niece isn’t the main character, she is one that a reader could relate to as well. She seems to suffer from dyslexia and from feeling unloved. The story is not about the niece, but Kilpack does well portraying what it would be like during that time with no family. Overall, this is a riveting story of love and forgiveness. 352 Year 2018 Publisher Shadow Mountain ISBN 9781629724133 Published by BYU ScholarsArchive, 2018 1  (...truncated)