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Title: Park's Quest by Katherine Paterson ISBN: 0140342621 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: September, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5
Rating: 4
Summary: THE TRUTH FROM THE BLACK WALL
Comment: Like an Arthurian knight setting out on a quest, eleven-year-old Park is determined to learn the truth about his father, who died on his second tour of Viet Nam. But his mother clams up on the subject, refusing to share critical information about the elusive man. Will she nurse her grief forever or is there more to it? This story reads like a squire's swift lance, as Park's imaginary mental adventures parallel real life situations. (There are quotes from Emily Dickinson's poetry and Rosemary Sutcliff's Arthurian novel, the Sword and the Circle.)
Denying the danger, growing frustration and possible shock of knowledge wrongfully withheld from him for a decade, Park pursues his goal relentlessly; yet he is sickened by gradual then sudden revelations, as he pieces together the pathetic patchwork of his father's life. Both sides of the family kept him in deliberate ignorance, but whom were they trying to protect--the innocent boy or their own hurt pride? Park seriously considers an abrupt departure from the Colonel's stately Virginia farm, since it was His choice to make the trip, therefore his right to leave. Why stay where no one wants him or believes he has a right to be?
This boy has a critical need to find and know his father--even in death--yet his mother seems to deny his very existence. Does she have the right to obliterate her son's biological and cultural heritage? "They needed the life flowing from his memory." How can he convince her to stop using his baby name of Pork? When will he be granted the minimal courtesy of being called Park the Fifth? A poignant, fascinating book about a boy's journey into the Past, in order to come to terms with the Present, thus to reshape his Future. Sensitive with compassionate humor, an entertaining introduction to our post Viet Nam national shame, delusion and prejudice.
Rating: 4
Summary: Park's Quest
Comment: I would give Park's Quest by Katherien Paterson four stars. I have to admit I was confused when the flash back to Midieval Times started. The book was about 11-year-old Park who tries to find imformation on his father's clouded past. But Park finds something he never would of imagined. The ending of the book was excellent with discriptive words and great sentences. But the beginning of the book was dull. Otherwise it was a good book. I would recomend this book to anyone who likes Historical Fiction.
Rating: 1
Summary: Park's Quest
Comment: I didn't really like this book because it didn't make sense. It didn't make sense because he daydreamed so much you didn't know if he was daydreaming or not. I also didn't like it becuse the words werent discribed that well. Another reason I didn't like it was because it was confusing. It was confusing because it sounded all scrambled up.
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Title: Jip: His Story by Katherine Paterson ISBN: 0140386742 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Lyddie by Katherine Paterson ISBN: 0140349812 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: December, 1994 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Of Nightingales That Weep by Katherine Paterson, Haru Wells ISBN: 0064402827 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: February, 1989 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Field of the Dogs by Katherine Paterson, Emily Arnold McCully ISBN: 0064421473 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Great Gilly Hopkins 25th Anniversary Edition by Katherine Paterson ISBN: 0064402010 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: June, 1987 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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