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Title: Frenchtown Summer by Robert Cormier, Rene Auberjonois ISBN: 0-8072-8256-1 Publisher: Listening Library Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: More Plot, story and poetry than other free verse novels
Comment: FRENCHTOWN SUMMER is brilliant. Where other free verse novels
seem to be words thrown together in quick, uneven fashion,
this one (like OUT OF THE DUST and JUDY SCUPPERNONG) has
heart, poetic language and story. Robert Cormier has succeeded
in giving us real, solid, amazing literature.
Page after page is an easy, quick, yet worthy read.
Rating: 2
Summary: Frenchtown Summer
Comment: Frenchtown Summer is a book written in verse form. It is written from the point of view of Eugene, a 12-year-old, and tells the story of his summer living in Frenchtown, hence the title.
I was disappointed in this book. When I first saw it, I thought since it was short it would be very easy to read. This book was 113 pages long, but it took me 4 days to read it, which is sad since usually I finish books in this format in a day.
This book has no plot. All it is is this kid telling about different things that happened in his summer. The only thing close to a plot is him feeling separated from his family, especially his father, and then at the end he finally feels close to him. But that is just a minor part of the story, the rest of it is just descriptions of random things. The first few chapters aren't too boring or anything. They set the stage and setting for what seems like a good story. But then the rest of the chapters pretty much just describe random things. All of those random chapters are tied together slightly, but not enough to make it a good story.
If you are looking for an action-packed story, find another book. Even if you are looking for a book that describes a 12-year-old's summer, there are better books out there. If you are looking for a good book of poems that tells a good story, tying in the random chapters really well, there are also better books out there. Try Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse or What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones. If you are looking for a book that you can finish fast and read easily, don't be misled, this isn't one of them. This book just doesn't have that element that good books have that keep you wanting to read more. Sure, it's not the most boring book I've read, but it's sure one of them.
The way the verses are written isn't bad. They are actually written pretty well. This is a talented author, but this book isn't one of his best.
Rating: 4
Summary: Frenchtown Summer
Comment: This book was chosin in a book club at my school as the next book to read. I thought when I first saw it that it was small so it would probably be pretty boring, but easy to read. After I had begun to read it I found that it was anything but boring. Many different things occur that are mysterious or hard to understand. After reading the book within a couple of hours I had a couple of questions that lingered in my mind about it, with several different answeres that I could think up. When we were all done my club hada group discussion and answered some of those questions. I reccomend this book just because it is so mysterious yet easy to read. ~4 stars~
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Title: In the Middle of the Night by Robert Cormier ISBN: 0440226864 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 11 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: Heroes by Robert Cormier ISBN: 0440227690 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 08 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: Jump Ball: A Basketball Season in Poems by Mel Glenn ISBN: 052567554X Publisher: Lodestar Books Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: Other Bells for Us to Ring by Robert Cormier ISBN: 044022862X Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 10 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy by Sonya Sones ISBN: 0064462188 Publisher: Harpercollins Juvenile Books Pub. Date: 23 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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