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Lädt ... Moonpenny Islandvon Tricia Springstubb
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. children's middlegrade realistic fiction (quiet community on a small island; best/only friend moves away; 11-year-old's world gets a little bit bigger and a lot more complicated). I didn't like these characters as much as I liked Springstubb's Wren family and friends, but I did appreciate that she included a girl with one arm (ABS birth defect). I didn't buy into the story that much and had trouble with 11-year-old Flor's voice (choppy partial sentences--it suited her character, but I just had to re-read some of the sentences). The only eleven year-olds on the small island, Flor and her best friend and soulmate, Sylvie, share everything and lead an idyllic life. At the end of the summer, however, suddenly everything changes. Sylvie is mysteriously sent to the mainland to school, Flor’s mother disappears supposedly to take care of her mother, her sister Cecilia is harboring what appears to be a dangerous secret and Flor is strangely asked to watch out for Sylvie’s wild brother. Nothing seems to make sense anymore, no one is talking, and everyone suddenly has secrets. This is a wonderful, warm tween novel about love, friendship, family and living with change.
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Juvenile Fiction.
Mystery.
HTML: Readers of Kate DiCamillo and Sheila Turnage will love Moonpenny Island, a middle grade novel of friendship and secrets by the beloved and acclaimed Tricia Springstubb. Moonpenny is a tiny island in a great lake. When the summer people leave and the ferries stop running, just the tried-and-true islanders are left behind. Flor and her best, her perfect friend, Sylvie, are the only eleven-year-olds for miles and milesâ??and Flor couldn't be happier. But come the end of summer, unthinkable things begin to happen. Sylvie is suddenly, mysteriously, whisked away to school on the mainland. Flor's mother leaves to take care of Flor's sick grandmother and doesn't come back. Her big sister has a secret, and Flor fears it's a dangerous one. Meanwhile, a geologist and his peculiar daughter arrive to excavate prehistoric trilobites, one of the first creatures to develop sight. Soon Flor is helping them. As her own ability to see her life on this little lump of limestone evolves, she faces truths about those she lovesâ??and about herselfâ??she never imagi Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Too old for my 10yo but too immature for my 17yo and to girly for my 13yo (boy).
The contents confirm its cover's aspirations. ( )