A Great Book for Kids, Kind of Makes Me Wish I Were One
Synopsis: These adopted children are time-travelers and, as such, go through way more trauma thA Great Book for Kids, Kind of Makes Me Wish I Were One
Synopsis: These adopted children are time-travelers and, as such, go through way more trauma than your typical adopted child.
The Found is a fast-paced time travelling first book in a series that I truly would have eaten up as a kid. And now, as an adult, I would highly recommend it to my friends with children. I had no real issues with the book in terms of its appropriateness and/or content.
I guess the writing was not my style. The kids are extremely sarcastic and cynical, and I wouldn’t really appreciate it if this were my children’s preferred mode of communication (That right there is probably why I should never procreate). There were moments where the dialogue made no sense. For instance, during incredibly tense, dangerous moments, people would be having shouting matches that clearly were just intended to divulge information to the reader.
For a children’s book, however, such techniques are entirely acceptable and perhaps beneficial for reading comprehension. I’m not a teacher, a parent, or a kid so it’s difficult for me to say. It made it a little difficult for me to enjoy, but, like I said, I’d recommend it for kids. ...more
Synopsis: Sis Goose is a slave, sort of? And she lives like a family member on her adopted sister Luli’s family’s plantation in Texas. But then Sis GoSynopsis: Sis Goose is a slave, sort of? And she lives like a family member on her adopted sister Luli’s family’s plantation in Texas. But then Sis Goose falls in love with Luli’s brother and crap gets weird. To top it all off, after the end of slavery no one tells Sis Goose for like two freaking years. So, yeah, she finds out, gets mad…there’s more to it.
This book started out strong. I loved the characters, I could tell a lot of heart and effort went into their development. That’s hard to do in such a small book. I’ve always loved Ann Rinaldi’s creativity in character creation (also, she tends to pick unusual settings). The storyline was also intriguing. You knew things were going to blow up because they definitely couldn’t keep going as they were. There were quite a few plot twists, and maybe I had my eyes kept willfully closed, but I didn’t see them coming.
However, as soon as Sis Goose found out the truth, it got weird. Like, from that point on nothing makes sense to me. Why she ran off with the Yankee general. Why Luli has to go help find her, even though Sis Goose is just as mad at her as everyone else. Why didn’t they just tell her the truth in the first place? Why didn’t Luli just go ahead and tell her brother “The Secret”? And then the ending…it was just the worst. It was a bad thing that happened and then the book abruptly wrapped up.
Again, it had a lot of potential, but by the end it had deflated. ...more
although an interesting read, this book is SAD!! And the ending is very abrupt. In a way, maybe this more accurately reflects reality, since most Dearalthough an interesting read, this book is SAD!! And the ending is very abrupt. In a way, maybe this more accurately reflects reality, since most Dear America books have relatively happy epilogues and that would not likely have been the case. but still....more
nope, nope, and nope. I am very disappointed in the majority of the new Dear America books. this story was silly, unbelievable, and convoluted. the Chnope, nope, and nope. I am very disappointed in the majority of the new Dear America books. this story was silly, unbelievable, and convoluted. the Chicago fire was of no consequence to the story whatsoever. I guess you really can't go home again with this series :/...more