From: NANCY DANIELS, PLATTEVILLE, WI <DANIELSA>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 14:37:47 -0600 (CST)

I agree with Katy that the language in What Jamie Saw is straight forward enough to be followed easily. Granted that a nine-year-old would probably not express himself in quite the way Jamie does in the book, nothing presented in the book seems to be so out of the realm of everyday life to cause nine or ten year olds any real puzzlement. I read the book about two months ago, along with several others for the CCBC discussion, and the plot and characters in WJS are fresher in my mind than that of some of the other books, probably because the plot structure was relatively simple, another reason middle readers should be able to follow it closely. I would think that one of the major drawbacks to a child's pleasure in this book would be the emotional one of feeling that something this awful might happen to him or her.

Nancy Daniels Platteville, WI
Received on Mon 19 Feb 1996 02:37:47 PM CST