From: Angela Reynolds <angelar>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 12:28:42 -0800

I really appreciate all the comments about Homeless Bird. I have been trying to articulate why I didn't like it, while so many others were fond of it. Koli seemed so whiney, and the family didn't appear emotionally realistic. Thanks to those who so artfully gave criticisms so well thought out!

My favorite in the NBA short list was Many Stones. There were so many connections: the rocks that comforted the main character and the rock that killed her sister; the healing and grief she experienced so well balanced with the healing and grief of a whole country; the distant father but the just as distant daughter. Coman's language was nicely matched with the feeling of the book--- it was beautiful at times, dreamy at others. I really felt that the reader was put into the character's mind and life. I also appreciated the fact that the daughter/father reconciliation was not mended overnight, all was not perfect by book's end, but the reader could hope that their relationship was at least on the mend.


Angela J. Reynolds Youth Services Librarian Washington County Cooperative Library Services 111 NE Lincoln St. MS 58A Hillsboro, OR 97124036 503F694 fax: 503a5f01 angelar at wccls.lib.or.us

"...it is by no means to everyone that the gods grant a clear sight of themselves." [Homer, The Odyssey]
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