

Grant), Jackie (Jack Pershing), and Pattyn (George Patton). Lee), Davie (Jefferson Davis), Teddie (Theodore Roosevelt), Ulyssa (Ulysses S. But Pattyn's mother only conceived seven girls, named after famous generals: (youngest to oldest) Georgia (George Patton), Roberta (Robert E.

Her mother believes her duty is to make as many children as possible, especially a boy to carry on the family name, just as her husband wishes. Her father is an alcoholic who beats her mother, believing a wife must succumb to her husband's actions. Pattyn is seventeen years old and is the oldest of seven girls in a Mormon household.

Burned is Ellen Hopkins's fourth book, and the first book in the Burned Series.
