My One Hundred Adventures
by:
Polly Horvath (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780375892318 (0375892311)
Publish date: September 9th 2008
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Humor,
Cultural,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Middle Grade,
Family,
Coming Of Age,
Canada
Series: My One Hundred Adventures (#1)
The language in this book is wonderful. It is lyrical and soft, almost old-fashioned despite a few references to the modern day, and the reader is treated with intelligence. We follow twelve-year-old Jane through her summer, a summer of growth, change and education, as she realizes that the simple l...
It's a nice cover.***Another "meh." Horvath's writing is very pretty, but the voice never felt right for the child.
Well done, and not as whacky as BAREBONED PLANE...I could connect with the main character here, and each person felt full and flawed in the best ways.