I listened to this novel on audio and I wished that I hadn’t. I didn’t care for the narration of this novel, as it felt as if the author was just reading a story to me. It felt rushed and for the most part, there was the lack of emotions except for the times when the story became so intense, that th...
Grade 5 Zane and the Hurricane is a touching story of heroism for young readers. This book could be used to teach young students the power and destruction of weather and the unity of mankind. The book teaches how diverse people pull together in trying times.
A tragic but fascinating adventure based on a very real situation. Welcome to New Orleans! Young Zane arrived at the wrong time. Just as hurricane katrina is about to strike! He is from New Hampshire, down to visit his paternal grandmother, whom he had never before met. He just had rotten luck ...
And then there was crying. I was seriously under prepared for my level of emotional involvement in this book even though it was very short. This will teach me to put off reading classic YA for years. This was worth it.
The book was much better than the movie.
Read this to my 6h/7th grade readers, and it really connected with them. Even the "cool kids who aren't into book learnin'" listened intently and were genuinely touched by the story of Max and Kevin. I, as a reader, was also really charmed by the simple narrative style, and straight forward story te...
Yay! I always love a good historical fiction and this fit the bill exactly. I think girls would like it–I know I would have–but it should also appeal to boys, especially around the middle school age. I loaned it to my brother to read (he’s 14 almost 15) but haven’t heard how he liked it yet. Lots of...
I wish this book had been published when I was in elementary school, learning about the Civil War for the first time. The typical way history is taught leads to a dissociation with the events of the past, wars especially. The motives behind war, the mechanics of the movements of armies, and the indi...
An adventure with details about fishing and much inner dialogue. Wondering about kid appeal?
I used to read this aloud each year to at least one of my middle school English or Reading classes. Each year, I cried as I read it. It's a powerfully moving and well-written story.
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