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Title: The Serpent Never Sleeps by Scott O'Dell, Spurgeon ISBN: 0449703282 Publisher: Juniper Pub. Date: May, 1990 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.78
Rating: 1
Summary: Historically accurate but boring
Comment: A book that lacks a good story base. Reading through this book I have acknowledged that the Author knew the history, but I was bitterly unsatisfied in how the book skipped through time, as though he was in a race to get it done. What also was dissapointing was that it brought characters into the book totally out of the blue. Im an 8th grader and this was required reading.
Rating: 3
Summary: Sorry, Scott O'Dell, this one was a slight flop
Comment: I found this book mildly interesting, and for me that's a waste of time. I read books that will give me a wild, deep, thoughtful, or sensitive ride. This book did none of that. I appreciated the part where Serena threw away her magical ring, realising it was wrong to be at peace knowing SHE would be safe, while her poor companions could die. I read a different edition of the book, I don't know if it had the same illustrations, but I read a hardcover edition and there was a picture of Pocahontas for the second section that make her look UGLY, contradicting the amazing beauty the book talks about. The romance that developed between Serena and Thomas was rather undeveloped. I appreciated the insight about John Rolfe being torn because Pocahontas wasn't a believer, but I wish he had waited until she was.
The other thing was, WHEN DID SERENA GET MARRIED? I read kinda fast at the end b/c I was bored, but i caught Tom asking her and she said no, then later on, she says she'd never seen a man so happy, referring to John Rolfe when he married Pocahontas, except her Tom. ....
Rating: 3
Summary: Good, but not as good as "Island of the Blue Dolphins"
Comment: Scott O'Dell was a great writer of historical novels for young readers. "Island of the Blue Dolphins" is still one of my favorites from childhood. I recently picked up "The Serpent Never Sleeps" to see what he did with colonial Virginia, and I was somewhat disappointed. In a historical novel, there is really no place for magic that works; Serena's magic ring just jarred my sense of disbelief something fierce. If it had been an all-out fantasy, I would have enjoyed it more. But the journey to Virginia is told with real gusto, as is their shipwreck in the Bahamas. The arrival in Jamestown is fraught with danger and the threat of starvation, and only Serena (who knows Pocahontas) can save them. A decent adventure, just not O'Dell's best.
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Title: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare ISBN: 0440995779 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 01 June, 1978 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Streams to the River, River to the Sea by Scott O'Dell, Peter Roop, Connie Roop ISBN: 0449702448 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: January, 1988 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox ISBN: 0440961327 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: April, 1996 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier, Christopher Collier ISBN: 059042792X Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Time Enough for Drums by Ann Rinaldi ISBN: 0440228506 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 09 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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