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From: Janet Wanamaker <jwanamaker>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 08:45:21 -0600
I think that Halfway to the Sky by Kimberly Brubaker Bradly meets nearly all of the "coming of age" criteria as posted recently. I can't recommend this book highly enough. I first heard it last winter when it was reviewed on National Public Radio's show Morning Edition. It is currently available in a Scholastic book order for $3.95. I plan on ordering about ten to give as Christmas gifts.
The Booklist review calls it "remarkably affecting," in other words, have plenty of Kleenex? on hand.
I'm including the Booklist review from my local public library's website.
Janet Wanamaker Neenah, WI JanetWana at aol.com
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Gr. 5-8. Twelve-year-old Dani has a plan when she runs away: she's determined to spend six months hiking the Appalachian Trail, from the trailhead at Springer Mountain, Georgia, to its end atop Mount Katahdin in Maine. On the 2,163-mile journey, she hopes to escape the grief of her brother's death and the wreckage of her parents' divorce. She is also retracing her family's beginnings: her parents met and married on the trail, and Dani, short for Katahdin, and her brother were named for famous trails' termini. Dani is furious when her mother finds her, but when Mother joins the hike and agrees to extend the trip, the journey becomes the means for Dani and her parents to begin the healing process and come to terms with their anger, grief, and fears. The story is remarkably affecting. As it unfolds, Bradley allows her gutsy heroine to manage extreme physical and emotional stresses in a way that's both believable and reassuring.
From Booklist, January 1, 2002, Copyright ? American Library Association. Used with permission. by Chris Sherman
Received on Wed 12 Nov 2003 08:45:21 AM CST
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 08:45:21 -0600
I think that Halfway to the Sky by Kimberly Brubaker Bradly meets nearly all of the "coming of age" criteria as posted recently. I can't recommend this book highly enough. I first heard it last winter when it was reviewed on National Public Radio's show Morning Edition. It is currently available in a Scholastic book order for $3.95. I plan on ordering about ten to give as Christmas gifts.
The Booklist review calls it "remarkably affecting," in other words, have plenty of Kleenex? on hand.
I'm including the Booklist review from my local public library's website.
Janet Wanamaker Neenah, WI JanetWana at aol.com
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Gr. 5-8. Twelve-year-old Dani has a plan when she runs away: she's determined to spend six months hiking the Appalachian Trail, from the trailhead at Springer Mountain, Georgia, to its end atop Mount Katahdin in Maine. On the 2,163-mile journey, she hopes to escape the grief of her brother's death and the wreckage of her parents' divorce. She is also retracing her family's beginnings: her parents met and married on the trail, and Dani, short for Katahdin, and her brother were named for famous trails' termini. Dani is furious when her mother finds her, but when Mother joins the hike and agrees to extend the trip, the journey becomes the means for Dani and her parents to begin the healing process and come to terms with their anger, grief, and fears. The story is remarkably affecting. As it unfolds, Bradley allows her gutsy heroine to manage extreme physical and emotional stresses in a way that's both believable and reassuring.
From Booklist, January 1, 2002, Copyright ? American Library Association. Used with permission. by Chris Sherman
Received on Wed 12 Nov 2003 08:45:21 AM CST
