Eleven and Holding
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فرمت کتاب
audiobook
تاریخ انتشار
2016
Lexile Score
650
Reading Level
2-3
نویسنده
Cassandra Morrisناشر
HarperCollinsشابک
9780062561053
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- اطلاعات
- نقد و بررسی
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نقد و بررسی
Narrator Cassandra Morris's youthful voice aids in her portrayal of Macy, an 11-year-old who is reluctant to grow up. It's easy to understand why. In her idyllic past, her grandmother owned the town restaurant, her father was devoted to her, and she always had her best friend, Twee, to count on. Now her beloved grandmother has died, her father is on a military "special project," and she'll be facing middle school without Twee. Morris embraces Macy's overwhelming confusion, plunging listeners into her single-minded determination to find her father. There are clear clues that this narrator is unreliable, but Morris is so successful in creating Macy's strong voice and perspective that the poignant ending completes the picture of a girl whose grief and denial collide with the difficult reality of her life. S.W. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine
March 28, 2016
Compassionate portrayals of grief, courage, and resilience season this compelling coming-of-age story from Penney (the author of Love and Pollywogs from Camp Calamity and other titles as Mary Hershey). Macy Hollinquest is on a mission to bring her father home in time for her 12th birthday; he served in Iraq and is now working on a mysterious “special project” in a nearby Colorado town. Distrustful of the adults in her life and especially frustrated with her mother, Macy turns to Switch, a charming 14-year-old runaway, who attempts to drive Macy to find her father on a motorbike with a sidecar: “And off we flew, looking exactly like my mother’s worst nightmare.” Dispersed throughout the narrative, letters in which Macy introduces herself to her new middle school teacher reveal her hidden struggles: “Here is something that I don’t like: C-H-A-N-G-E!” Macy’s candid narrative voice and expressive observations (“Aunt Liv’s life was like one of the sad country Western songs she played all day”) bring humor and pathos to Penney’s tender, emotionally satisfying story. Ages 8–12. Agent: Erin Murphy, Erin Murphy Literary Agency.
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