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The Storm in the Barn - Matt Phelan
The Storm in the Barn
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780763636180 (0763636185)
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
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Reading For The Heck Of It
Reading For The Heck Of It rated it
4.0 Fathers and sons in America: A Matt Phelan Masterpost
I had said in last week's post that today I'd be writing a Matt Phelan 'masterpost'. Typically this means that I cover 3+ books by a single author (or multiple authors writing together in a series). However, today I'm just going to talk about 2 books because honestly that's all I could get my hands ...
Bashara Likes Books
Bashara Likes Books rated it
4.0 The Storm in the Barn
Pretty gritty, but hey it is about the Dust Bowl. Ha! I can't resist a good pun. I'm really becoming a fan of Phelan's work after reading this and Bluffton - he has a knack for really conveying a child's perspective and distilling a particular moment in time. In the case of Bluffton - it was early 1...
A Rep Reading
A Rep Reading rated it
5.0 The Storm in the Barn
Very different graphic novel telling an interesting chapter in American history for younger readers.
All of that Nonsense
All of that Nonsense rated it
3.0
Winner of the Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction award. Graphic novel telling the tale of a boy and his family during 1937 in Kansas during the Dust Bowl. Phelan tells in the author notes that he wanted to create a story about the life in the dust bowl through the eyes of a child. This is a great tale ...
Allusion is not Illusion
Allusion is not Illusion rated it
3.0
Growing up during the Dust Bowl, Jack and his sisters know little but poverty, depression, and anxiety. Their father is depressed, the older girl is seriously ill, and Jack is badly bullied by other boys. The children's only pleasures are fantasy stories and their mother's memories of a green and pr...
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