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Title: Trouble Don't Last by SHELLEY PEARSALL ISBN: 0-440-41811-9 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 09 December, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: 2003 Scott O'Dell Award Winner
Comment: This great book about Samuel and Harrison and their suspenseful journey to freedom in Canada has been awarded the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction for 2003! A well-deserved award for an exiting book that readers, young and old, will love.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great adventure story especially for boys
Comment: An excellent book to read if you enjoy histrical fiction and lots of adventure. Samuel, the 11 year old slave who runs away from the only home he has ever known was my favorite character. He was so fearful when he started the journey with Harrison, a 70 year old slave from the Kentucky plantation. However, their many adventures and narrow escapes from trouble made Samuel a much stronger person, able to cope with whatever came his way. The characters he met, the Widow Taylor, Riverman, Ham and Eggs and Green Murdock were really interesting too. I also liked the "secret" that Samuel uncovered at the end of the journey.
Rating: 5
Summary: Suspenseful, memorable story worthy of Newbery
Comment: Trouble Don't Last is worthy of a Newbery medal and definitely worth your time to "travel" on the journey with Samuel and Harrison. As the other reviewers have mentioned, this is historical fiction at its best. The book dispels myths about slaves' flight to freedom, but not in a boring or dry way. Instead you learn through this memorable story and the clear voice of young Samuel. This is not sentimentalized history like North by Night or American girl books, but Samuel's hopeful outlook also keeps it from being as graphic/disturbing as The Slave Dancer or Nightjohn. The writing is vivid, and the words have "snap." Young readers will be on the edge of their seats many times as the plot twists and unique characters meet the runaways. The best part is that underneath the "action" are meaningful, thought-provoking questions about prejudice, freedom, trust, family, and altruism.
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Title: Stand Tall by Joan Bauer ISBN: 039923473X Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Juv Pub. Date: 26 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan ISBN: 0066236029 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park ISBN: 0618133356 Publisher: Clarion Books Pub. Date: 18 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Doing Time Online by Jan Siebold, Wendy McClure ISBN: 0807559598 Publisher: Albert Whitman & Co Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff ISBN: 0385326556 Publisher: Random House Children's Books Pub. Date: 10 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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