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From: Kathleen Horning <horning>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 11:51:36 -0600
Lisa, thanks for mentioning the rare mix of humor and utter seriousness that Laurie Halse Anderson achieves in "Speak." That very quality is something that makes it challenging to book talk ? people look at you like you're nuts if you say anything about how funny it is after you've talked a bit about the serious theme!
I think you really have to read a passage aloud to give people a taste of the main character's voice, since it's her perception of high school life that make it so funny and, come to that, so serious, as well. It's actually quite a complex book that seems simple on the surface, with those very short chapters that are more like vignettes.
Kathleen T. Horning (horning at education.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center University of Wisconsin-School of Education 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 North Park St. Madison, WI 53706 608&3930 FAX: 608&2I33
Received on Mon 28 Feb 2000 11:51:36 AM CST
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 11:51:36 -0600
Lisa, thanks for mentioning the rare mix of humor and utter seriousness that Laurie Halse Anderson achieves in "Speak." That very quality is something that makes it challenging to book talk ? people look at you like you're nuts if you say anything about how funny it is after you've talked a bit about the serious theme!
I think you really have to read a passage aloud to give people a taste of the main character's voice, since it's her perception of high school life that make it so funny and, come to that, so serious, as well. It's actually quite a complex book that seems simple on the surface, with those very short chapters that are more like vignettes.
Kathleen T. Horning (horning at education.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center University of Wisconsin-School of Education 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 North Park St. Madison, WI 53706 608&3930 FAX: 608&2I33
Received on Mon 28 Feb 2000 11:51:36 AM CST
