Feathers
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فرمت کتاب
ebook
تاریخ انتشار
2009
Lexile Score
710
Reading Level
3
ATOS
4.4
Interest Level
6-12(MG+)
نویسنده
Jacqueline Woodsonشابک
9781101019832
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- اطلاعات
- نقد و بررسی
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نقد و بررسی
sweet - I think this book was veary interesting because in the began of the story they were in there classroom and then soon alater there was a new kid who came in and he was white there wasn,t alot of white pepole on that side of the highway and that,s when there was a mean boy name trevor and he picks on him that when trevor started calling him jesus boy and that,s how it began. there,s a girl who has a brother named sean and he is veary deaf . her mom had a baby she called her lila but she died. the girl that brothers deaf has a friend named samantha she is veary holy the little girl never went to church.
Starred review from January 8, 2007
Looking forward" is the message that runs through Woodson's (The House You Pass on the Way
) novel. Narrator Frannie is fascinated with Emily Dickinson's poem, "Hope is the thing with feathers/ that perches in the soul," and grapples with its meaning, especially after a white student joins Frannie's all-black sixth-grade classroom. Trevor, the classroom bully, promptly nicknames him "Jesus Boy," because he is "pale and his hair long." Frannie's best friend, Samantha, a preacher's daughter, starts to believe that the new boy truly could be Jesus ("If there was a world for Jesus to need to walk back into, wouldn't this one be it?"). The Jesus Boy's sense of calm and its effect on her classmates make Frannie wonder if there is some truth to Samantha'a musings, but a climactic faceoff between him and Trevor bring the newcomer's human flaws to light. Frannie's keen perceptions allow readers to observe a ripple of changes. Because she has experienced so much sadness in her life (her brother's deafness, her mother's miscarriages) the heroine is able to see beyond it all—to look forward to a time when the pain subsides and life continues. Set in 1971, Woodson's novel skillfully weaves in the music and events surrounding the rising opposition to the Vietnam War, giving this gentle, timeless story depth. She raises important questions about God, racial segregation and issues surrounding the hearing-impaired with a light and thoughtful touch. Ages 8-up. (Mar.)
Agent: Charlotte Sheedy.
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