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Title: The Silent Boy by Lois Lowry ISBN: 0-618-28231-9 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 28 April, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (10 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: not her best work
Comment: I've read other Lois Lowry books, all of which are stronger than The Silent Boy. It's a nice story, with a thoughtful twist ending, but pretty slow through most of the chapters. We don't see enough of the title character to justify the book being named after him. I would like to have gotten to know him better. And there are segments of description of the setting that weigh the story down rather than enhancing it. It was a nice, light read, but pretty weak overall, especially in the characterization of the silent boy himself. Great ending though. Really nicely played out.
Rating: 5
Summary: "I Wonder How Lois Lowry..."
Comment: can build a whole world of the early 1900's in just 178 pages, create characters you remember long after you've closed the book, and say all kinds of important things while gently telling a story?
I loved the relationship eight-year-old Katie had with her father. We never doubt that Katie will become a doctor one day because of his patient and gentle teaching. Of course the new baby will not be found in the garden patch! It is because of his kindness and openess that Katie is able to befriend the silent Jacob.
Everything seems innocent through Katie's eyes. Taking the new hired girl from her family, the hard lesson her sister Nell, who wants to be a film star, has to learn, the fire at the mill. Even the tragic misunderstanding that puts Jacob into the asylum. Katie has taken the harsh edge from all, and left us to ponder.
But that is how I know it's a great book... How long afterward I am still pondering.
Rating: 4
Summary: great story, NOT a children's book
Comment: This is the fourth book I've read by this author, and I've enjoyed all but Messenger. (That seems like a weak retry to tell a similar story to the wonderful Giver.)
I'd say this about all her books, but most especially this one: This tale is NOT for children. I know that a lot of today's children know most "adult secrets" by the age of six or seven, but nevertheless this book is just too strong. A child who can "handle" its story line will probably be too jaded to be moved sufficiently by it, and an innocent child shouldn't be allowed to read such a haunting, innocence-destroying book. This is really an "adult" book about child characters, and at that it excels.
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Title: Rodzina by Karen Cushman ISBN: 0618133518 Publisher: Clarion Books Pub. Date: 20 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes ISBN: 0060535431 Publisher: Greenwillow Pub. Date: 12 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: The River Between Us by Richard Peck ISBN: 0803727356 Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Gathering Blue by LOIS LOWRY ISBN: 0440229499 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 10 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli ISBN: 0375813748 Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 09 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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