Driftwood
Autor Valerie Sherrarden Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 sep 2013 – vârsta de la 14 până la 12 ani
Adam is not looking forward to his family’s plans for the summer. He and his parents will be spending the entire summer at Cabin #10 on Schooner Point. His best friend Billy was supposed to come with them but now those plans have fallen through. What will he do for the long, long summer months? As the weeks pass, however, Adam makes several new friends as several families spend parts of the summer at Schooner Point. But it is his relationship with Theo, an old man who lives at the point that will be the most important to him. Theo loves collecting pieces of driftwood but because of his failing eyesight can’t collect it on his own. Adam and some of his new summertime friends find many unique pieces for Theo’s collection – and with each of their discoveries Theo is able to divine the true origin of the wood with moving tales from around the world. They hear stories from many different regions of the world including China, Australia, and Africa. And those stories and his new friendships make the summer one of the most important ever for Adam.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781554553051
ISBN-10: 1554553059
Pagini: 189
Dimensiuni: 129 x 194 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: FITZHENRY & WHITESIDE
ISBN-10: 1554553059
Pagini: 189
Dimensiuni: 129 x 194 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: FITZHENRY & WHITESIDE
Recenzii
Praise for The Glory Wind by Valerie Sherrard
Set on the Canadian prairie, as was Tumbleweed Skies (2009), Sherrard’s latest movingly documents 11-year-old Luke’s coming of age in 1946 as he comes to deeply love his new neighbor, Gracie, also 11. Gracie, endearingly spontaneous and affectionate, is the daughter of Raedine, who sets small-town tongues wagging when she takes a job at the local hotel, also a brothel, and people discover that her child is illegitimate. Luke and Gracie, in their innocence, initially have no idea why the townspeople and their children turn on Gracie. When she’s ostracized at school, Luke becomes her defender, a difficult position after their loving teacher is fired for trying to protect the child from classmates’ bullying. Yet Gracie seems almost ethereally indifferent to her situation. While Luke’s parents don’t shun Raedine, neither will they explain what’s behind the prejudice she and Gracie encounter, leaving him to explore the possibilities. Chapters begin with information about tornadoes, but it isn’t clear until the climax that this foreshadowing is more than just a symbolic representation of the town’s stormy bias. Luke’s first-person narration is fresh and emotionally true, charting his growing awareness of his own human failure to live up to Gracie’s tender yet believable goodness. This haunting depiction of small-mindedness will leave readers wondering, as Luke comes to, about Gracie’s true nature: heavenly child—or angel? (starred review, Kirkus Reviews)
Set on the Canadian prairie, as was Tumbleweed Skies (2009), Sherrard’s latest movingly documents 11-year-old Luke’s coming of age in 1946 as he comes to deeply love his new neighbor, Gracie, also 11. Gracie, endearingly spontaneous and affectionate, is the daughter of Raedine, who sets small-town tongues wagging when she takes a job at the local hotel, also a brothel, and people discover that her child is illegitimate. Luke and Gracie, in their innocence, initially have no idea why the townspeople and their children turn on Gracie. When she’s ostracized at school, Luke becomes her defender, a difficult position after their loving teacher is fired for trying to protect the child from classmates’ bullying. Yet Gracie seems almost ethereally indifferent to her situation. While Luke’s parents don’t shun Raedine, neither will they explain what’s behind the prejudice she and Gracie encounter, leaving him to explore the possibilities. Chapters begin with information about tornadoes, but it isn’t clear until the climax that this foreshadowing is more than just a symbolic representation of the town’s stormy bias. Luke’s first-person narration is fresh and emotionally true, charting his growing awareness of his own human failure to live up to Gracie’s tender yet believable goodness. This haunting depiction of small-mindedness will leave readers wondering, as Luke comes to, about Gracie’s true nature: heavenly child—or angel? (starred review, Kirkus Reviews)
Notă biografică
Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Valerie Sherrard's ambition to become a writer was kindled when she was in grade six and living with her family in Lahr, West Germany, where her father was stationed. Her homeroom teacher praised her efforts and instilled in her a lifelong belief in her ability to write. Valerie has written a number of books for young readers including Tumbleweed Skies and the award-winning The Glory Wind.