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Title: Of Nightingales That Weep by Katherine Paterson, Haru Wells ISBN: 0064402827 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: February, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.13
Rating: 4
Summary: Of Nightingales That Weep
Comment:
I thought this was a pretty interesting book. In the beginning, it's about a preteen girl named Takiko who's father dies in a battle. Her mother decides to remarry to an ugly country potter. This story takes place in Japan during the Gempei War of 1180 - 1185.
While in the countryside with her mother and her new father, Goro, a merchant comes and decides to take Takiko to the imperial Japanese court to see if she can serve there. She is, and she meets a new friend, Mieko. Mieko goes almost everywhere with her and they trust each other very much.
During the war, Takiko waits for her love, Hideo, to return to her, but it always takes him a while and he doesn't exactly do what he says he is going to, only sometimes. She doesn't know if she should betray him by being loyal to the Heike or just keep it a secret. The war is between the Heike and the Genji who are fighting for control of Japan. It is a really gruesome war and a lot of blood and death is involved even though this story doesn't talk much about it.
My main point is that it is really interesting, and that you should read this book if you haven't already!
Rating: 5
Summary: More than just a love story
Comment: Of Nightingales that Weep is fiction woven into history. The Genji Wars, Yoritomo, sea battles for dominance of Japan are all real events. And Takiko is swept up into the middle of it all living in the court of the exiled boy emperor. On top if it all she is in love with an enemy spy. The lessons she learns about family and true love, and about the vanity of court make this book a valuable read, more profound than most teen literature.
Rating: 5
Summary: Of Nightingales That Weep
Comment: A lot of books that I read that are by Katherine Paterson, this was one of the most touching book of all. A lot of books by Katherine Paterson are about Japanese people. Like this one, Of Nightingales That Weep. During the war time, a young girl is a daughter of a samurai. A samurai is a warrior, in case you don't know what it means. The young girl's name is Takiko. She is such a beautiful child, but she would have to make a really hard decision about loving. Would she be thinking of loving her father more, or a young boy... But it isn't just any young boys, it is an enemy. It is an enemy from the other side of Takiko's father.
For her choice between her father and her lover, there are a lot of suffering with Takiko. She must make a choice, if she chooses her father, her romance would die. But would she choose her love over her father? My opinion is that Takiko should choose her father than her love, because she would never have another father ever again. It won't be the same to not have a real father that is hers own. A love can be again, but I would miss my father more. Takiko is kind of a between, if her father knows about it... Why in the beginning that I would want to read this book? It is because the cover was attractive, I really would want to read about a book that looks interest and IS interest.
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Title: The Sign of the Chrysanthemum by Katherine Paterson, Peter Landa ISBN: 0064402320 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: June, 1988 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Master Puppeteer by Katherine Paterson, Haru Wells ISBN: 0064402819 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: March, 1989 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Samurai's Tale by Erik C. Haugaard ISBN: 0395549701 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: October, 1990 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Rebels of the Heavenly Kingdom by Katherine Paterson ISBN: 0140376100 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The King's Equal by Katherine Paterson, Curtis Woodbridge ISBN: 0064420906 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $4.25 |
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