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Title: The Well : David's Story by Mildred D. Taylor ISBN: 0140386424 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.93
Rating: 5
Summary: Outstanding storytelling!
Comment: The Well by Mildred D. Taylor is one of the best examples of juvenile fiction that I have read in the last ten years. (Coming from a teacher, that's a lot of books!) The reader is invited into a world where whites can say and do as they please and blacks are treated to cruelty, deceit and humiliation. Yet the Logan family, the central characters of this book, maintain their strength and dignity through it all. The Logan property sits on the only well that has not run dry in this turn-of-the-century tale of the Deep South. They are generous people and share their sweet water with all their neighbours, even the bigotted Simms clan. David Logan, the narrator, tells us how he and his brother Hammer cope with the abuse and terrors inflicted upon them by the Simms boys and their evil father, Old Man McCallister Simms. This short novel tells us much about the deep seated racism that was so much a part of that time and place. The characters are quickly and clearly brought to life, the setting is vividly drawn and despite the frequent - but historically accurate use of the N word - this book is a great "read aloud."
Rating: 5
Summary: Book Review : The Well
Comment: The Well is a very compelling and resonant book by Mildred D. Taylor, the Newberry Award winner for Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry. You will experience many emotions while reading this book, which are not limited to anger and sadness .The Well is set in the south during the mid 1910's, a time in which deep-rooted racism is practiced and where whites can do and say anything they please with abandon to blacks.
David Logan tells a poignant story of his boyhood in Smallsville, Mississippi when blacks could be hanged for considering themselves as equals to whites. The Logan family, the main characters in the book, are among few black families to own land. During an awful drought, they have the only well of sweet water in the whole town of Smallsville. The author eloquently describes how the Logan's believe that the water is not theirs to hoard but gods gift to share with black and white folks alike. Everyone is grateful to the Logan's except the white Simms family who hate being obliged to blacks. David's family lives by his father's words, 'use your head not your fists' but his insubordinate hotheaded brother Hammer is sick of the constant degrading of Charlie Simses and when Charlie pushes his handicapped brother with bitter rancor to the ground, Hammer reacts and does the unthinkable.
The characters are quickly and clearly brought into life, the setting is vividly drawn despite the frequent but historical use of the N word. The large cast of characters is masterfully individualized with opinions, beliefs, personalities and ways of life. I personally gained tremendous admiration for Mildred D. Taylor as an author for making such a luring plot seem so stupendous in a small book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Alex's review - his point of view - 9years old
Comment: I think Mildred D. Taylor is a good writer. She makes her books inspiring to most people. I like her books a lot because it is really interesting and talks about history and has good contrasting in the story. Her book tells you how people lived back in the olden days. Mildred writes a series of religious tales not just one book. Her books sound lifelike and it is easy to picture the story in your head. Her book makes me want to read more of the tales because they are so interesting. This book makes me wonder what it was like back then and WOW I'd like to be there. The charectors have good charectoristics. The story has a great conclusion. I'm inspired to learn more about the history back then. Her book has a sensitive plot that a person can understand.
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Title: The Friendship by Mildred D. Taylor, Max Ginsburg ISBN: 0140389644 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Song of the Trees by Mildred D. Taylor ISBN: 0440413966 Publisher: Skylark Pub. Date: 1996 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: Mississippi Bridge by Mildred D. Taylor, Max Ginsburg ISBN: 0553159925 Publisher: Bantam Skylark Pub. Date: 1992 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
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Title: The Road to Memphis by Mildred D. Taylor ISBN: 0140360778 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Land (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner, 2002) by Mildred D. Taylor ISBN: 0803719507 Publisher: Phyllis Fogelman Books Pub. Date: 2001 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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