From: Joan Thomas <jtthomas>
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 14:40:43 -0500

Maia,

Thank you for your lovely thoughts on _Skellig_. For the sake of brevity, I have taken the liberty of snipping quite a lot from the things you mentioned, but your thoughts were all greatly appreciated. .

So many of you wrote helpful reminders of how a child/teen might look favorably at this book. It has been most helpful for me in understanding its appeal. Perhaps I am too far removed from those years to remember my own feelings; my teaching was with college age students, and my grandchildren are under age 5. So where there is life there is hope - for a better understanding of children who did not like
_Skellig_ but also of those who love it. I may even go back and read it again ...

Thank you again for writing. Joan
Received on Sat 15 Jul 2000 02:40:43 PM CDT