Morning Girl, who loves the day, and her younger brother Star Boy, who loves the night, take turns describing their life on an island in pre-Columbian America; in Morning Girl's last narrative, she witnesses the arrival of the first Europeans to her world.Tells the story of Morning Girl and her brot...
Next time I’m tempted to wax poetic about how great fiction editing used to be, or to worry that a poorly conceived new release is evidence of the profession’s demise, I’ll remind myself of this book. This distinctively 80s mess of unrealized potential and terrible editing choices. This is a family ...
Good ol book I've been reading in English class. It's a bit depressing but the author is an extremely descriptive and talented writer. The way he writes the book, his style, is unique and entruging.
Yikes. [spoiler] You'll note that one of my shelves for this book is "somehow the movie was better". That's because, roughly 100 pages into this boring peasant festival, I watched the 1936 movie with Loretta Young (who is shockingly NOT half-Indian) playing Ramona and some Italian chap(who is incr...
If I were ever asked what my favorite book is, my answer would be "A Yellow Raft In Blue Water." I read this book as a child in high school and I can still remember the impact this book had on me many years later. A beautiful book about the relationships people can have with family and with compl...
As three stars indicates, I liked this book. Actually, I wish I could give it 3.5. I'm glad I read it, but I don't think I could do it again as it was so sad. I can't believe I'd never heard of it before, especially since I was a born and raised until I was 12 in San Diego. I guess in grade school, ...
In the 1980's, Dorris visited refugee camps in Zimbabwe in his role as a board member for Save the Children. This little book of Dorris's pensees includes factual material, emotional reactions, and descriptive sketches. It's surprisingly effective as an evocation of the circumstances, the camps, and...
I found it interesting, well written, and very disturbing. Any story that offers so little protection to children (something that makes me very upset) is not going to be something that leaves me feeling happy.
I'm a sap for reading books about books and books about readers, so this book was perfect for me. My favorite essay was by Bill Holm. Here's a little bit that I liked:"...I read them (books) like an addict. A day---even an hour or two---without print makes me edgy and hungry. I hide books in my car,...
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