From: Edie_Ching at cathedral.org <Edie_Ching>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 09:01:12 -0500

I think the book cries out to be discussed rather than read on one's own. If one of my student's checked it out I'd suggest that a parent read it too so that they could talk about it, especially if the student were 10. I think it would be great for a book discussion group of 14 year olds. They could bring the Olderer perspective. Did anyone feel troubled by the image of the home-schooling family? It seemed very stereotypical to me--the hippie mother, the free wheeling kind of education. I thought that was the weakest part of the book. The strength of the book is how real the sense of grief and worry within the family that pervades everything--and the reality of Skellig. Edie Ching, librarian, St. Albans School, Washington, D.C.

 Message----From: C Hudak [mailto:tinahudak at postoffice.worldnet.att.net] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 6:59 AM To: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: Skellig: age level?


Dear Folks,

we have two reviews by teens on our web pages: one likes it; the other does not. So.... http://www.cityoftakomapark.org/library/ya/preview.html#skelling

I liked the story personally but I feel you have to be someone to likes the believe the "unbelievable." Has anyone mentioned the audio tape of this book. It is read by the author and I found it difficult to understand with his heavy accent, but our other librarian loved it....

Tina Hudak Takoma Park Maryland LIbrary



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