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Title: Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech ISBN: 0-06-029290-3 Publisher: Joanna Cotler Pub. Date: 29 July, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good book for younger children
Comment: I'm a 17 year old that decided to randmly order this book at the library and read it because the reviews made it sound good, even if it was for kids up to age 12.
I found it to be a very nice book, a very easy read obviously but the characters and events were very easy to relate to even for me. I thought it would be kind of stupid because it was for younger kids but I could relate to it because the girl in it whose name is Rosie is best friends with a boy and she finds out he is blind. They have a very close friendship and they are basically trying to not let other people come in the way of their friendship but there is some jealousy when a new girl moves in the neighborhood and she is always hugging the boy and talking to him.
You learn that for people to really undertsand you they need to be in your shoes, so while Rosie's best friend does not understand why Rosie is jealous, new neighbors move in and they are boys, when Rosie suggests she should go over and talk to them he gets upset. But they realize that other people will come and go and noone is going to come between their friendship.
It taught a very good lesson because even if you are 12 or older you can still somehow relate to this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Granny's Soup is Spell Binding
Comment: I read the first half of Granny Torrelli Makes Soup (a complete story in itself) to my fifth grade students the day before Thanksgiving break and they were spellbound. As Sharon Creech slows peels away the layers of Rosie's and Bailey's relationship, revealing Bailey's not-so-secret, she deftly explores the nuances of relationships and feelings towards those we love. It was obvious, by the looks upon their faces (and the absence of whispering - a miracle)that the children strongly identified with the main characters. My class also loved Granny's words of wisdom and parables of friendship and were thrilled when Pardo and Granny's young relationship echoed Rosie and Bailey.
When we got back from vacation, the first words out of their mouths was "when are we going to read the rest of Granny's story?" The were thrilled when they filled their gumball jar and unanimously voted to read the rest of the story (Granny Torrelli makes pasta).
The angst and emotions of the children in the story struck a chord in those in my class. Many confessed in their Writer's Notebook that they had felt both the way Rosie had (left out, betrayed when she did something for someone else and was not appreciated, and jealous). They also could identify with Bailey's feelings of inadequacies, need for his own uniqueness, and being flattered by someone new while overlooking a loyal friend.
Buy it for a preteen or teenager, but read it for yourself first. It makes for a great read aloud, especially since the stream-of-consciousness format makes it difficult for less than experienced readers.
Rating: 5
Summary: Granny Torrelli Makes Soup
Comment: Sharon Creech is my all- time favorite author.
This book is her newest book.
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup is a very good book that has a lot of jealousy and friendship...
I gave this book 5 star because it was very well written!
I reccomend this book to Sharon Creech readers and Realistic fiction readers. I encourage you to read through this book. Dont give up on it, it gets better and better. Reed this book!
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