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Title: Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle ISBN: 0-698-11806-5 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: November, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (31 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: I thought it was about elves at first....
Comment: I checked this book out because I am very much into kids' fantasy, and I wanted to read about elves. Unfortunately, I was wrong. FORTUNATELY, I found a wonderful book.
This book is about Hillary, who is jolted from her comfortable, easy upper-class surroundings by the class oddity, a girl called Sara-Kate who says that there are elves living in her overgrown backyard. Even though her snobby parents are clearly uneasy with this new friendship, Hillary comes to see Sara-Kate--and soon discovers a sad, and all too realistic, secret that her friend has been keeping.
This is not a fantasy book. Rather, it is the journey of two young girls, one who is secure, and one who is frightened and alone, but hides it under the guise of her own little world. It's a sad, sweet story, one that every kid should check out.
Rating: 4
Summary: Please Read This Exciting Mysterious Book
Comment: I was reading the book called Afternoon of The Elves. This book is about two girls and they find something amazing in Sara - Kate's back yard. They are not sure if this thing exists and Sara- Kate turns into an elf. This book has unsolved mysteries and it is a little bit scary. Sara Kate's mom is sick all the time so Sara Kate does all the work for her mother . Hilllary's parents do not want her to go in Sara Kates back yard because there is stuff that can harm you.To find out more about this book called Afternoon of The Elves check it out at school or your nearest library. This is a great book .If you like mysterious and scary books this is a great book for you.
Rating: 3
Summary: Surreal, enchanting, and more than a little odd.
Comment: I wasn't sure what to make of this book after I finished reading it. I think it makes big statements about social conditions and imagination vs. reality that, judging from the reviews posted here, younger readers do not quickly pick up on.
I am still filled with conflicting emotions about the end of this book. Clearly, it was necessary for the authorities to intervene and take Sara-Kate and her mother away. But the author seems to condemn this action, looking through the eyes of Hillary, who tries to persuade her mother that Sara-Kate would have been just fine had she been left alone in her broken-down home and property, stealing and lying to stay alive. There seems to be an elevation of a child's imagination (taken to extremes) over reality; that somehow Hillary's perspective was right and that of the adults was wrong.
I also seemed to pick up on a dark note at the very end with the line about Hillary seeming to have "disappeared." It's almost as if Sara-Kate's elf world sucked Hillary in so effectively that she was destined to "become" Sara-Kate herself--distant, cold, manipulative, and blinded by her fantasies. A disconnection from the real world seemed to have taken place.
Now, I have focused on the negative aspects in this book. It does indeed contain elements of freshness, spark, and a healthy dose of imaginative playfulness. But I found the story to be more haunting than refreshing, more disillusioning than enlightening. This book is very well-written, but strange. Just strange.
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Title: The Lost Flower Children by Janet Taylor Lisle, Satomi Ichikawa, S. November ISBN: 0698118804 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine ISBN: 0064407055 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 30 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg ISBN: 0689817215 Publisher: Scott Foresman (Pearson K-12) Pub. Date: 01 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Dancing Cats of Applesap, The by Janet Taylor Lisle, Joelle Shefts ISBN: 0689844565 Publisher: Aladdin Library Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Dark-Thirty : Southern Tales of the Supernatural by J. Brian Pinkney, Patricia McKissack ISBN: 0679890068 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 07 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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