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To Kill a Mockingbirdby...Harper Lee average rating...4.2 / 5tags... adolescentlit american banned civilrights classic classics comingofage ethics family fiction friendship harrasment humor judgement must parents politics pulitzer racism read southernfiction stereotypes shelved by...3fieldhockey alma_spier amandasue AstorDragon Atenmien austengirl autumnmoon2006 baberahamlincln baileybrd24 Bentleya bookgirl82 bookleader booklover110689 devin Dunktank eve2eden fyre hearthlince heike6 jo10999 JonasBrothers_chick kdb1224 lizie123 lizzibella mallyland manafanana Matsi33 mrbergis nmaloney oceanlistener pandaemonium peggan pomilton6 readread thejulester Weed wvrunna221 viewable entries...11 |
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entry by...hearthlince updated...Mar 13, '06 spoilers...major
"When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.... When enough years had gone by to enable us to look back on them, we sometimes discussed the events leading to his accident. I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, who was four years my senior, said it started long before that. He said it began the summer Dill came to us, when Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out."
Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus--three years punctuated by the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman. Though her story explores big themes, Harper Lee chooses to tell it through the eyes of a child. The result is a tough and tender novel of race, class, justice, and the pain of growing up.
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Boo is led to Jem’s bed to wish him goodnight. Scout is very protective and careful with Boo. When the latter requests Scout to escort him home and Scout does so, but by making it seem as though it is he who is leading her. After he goes home, Scout never sees him again.
Scout sits with Aunt Alexandra near Jem’s bed for a while. Atticus is reading out from a book, The Grey Ghost to Jem who has fallen asleep. Gradually, Scout too falls asleep. Atticus leads her to her own bed and returns to Jem’s room to remain there till morning.
Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus--three years punctuated by the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman. Though her story explores big themes, Harper Lee chooses to tell it through the eyes of a child. The result is a tough and tender novel of race, class, justice, and the pain of growing up.
Chapter31
Boo is led to Jem’s bed to wish him goodnight. Scout is very protective and careful with Boo. When the latter requests Scout to escort him home and Scout does so, but by making it seem as though it is he who is leading her. After he goes home, Scout never sees him again.
Scout sits with Aunt Alexandra near Jem’s bed for a while. Atticus is reading out from a book, The Grey Ghost to Jem who has fallen asleep. Gradually, Scout too falls asleep. Atticus leads her to her own bed and returns to Jem’s room to remain there till morning.
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entry by...oceanlistener updated...Apr 16, '07 spoilers...n/a
I don't think I can say anything about this book that hasn't already been said. The Great American Novel.
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entry by...alma_spier updated...Jan 02, '08 spoilers...n/a
Every person should read this once in his or her life. At least once; if not, twice or thrice or more.
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entry by...autumnmoon2006 updated...Jan 16, '07 spoilers...n/a
This is the first book (1960) that this author wrote and it won a Pulitzer Prize. I saw the Academy Award-winning film in the early sixties.
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entry by...austengirl updated...Apr 01, '07 spoilers...n/a
A must read for every living soul. Great in that it gets the attention of even non-reading 7th graders.
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entry by...lizie123 updated...May 30, '07 spoilers...n/a
Although I didn't realize how funny this book was until I read and re-read this book in college, it was one of my favorites when I first read it in middle school.
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entry by...bookleader updated...Jun 02, '07 spoilers...n/a
My favorite novel of all time. 'Nuf said.
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entry by...Matsi33 updated...Aug 01, '07 spoilers...n/a
Started 9 Dec 2006
Finished 16 Dec 2006
Finished 16 Dec 2006
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entry by...peggan updated...Jan 26, '08 spoilers...none
A tremendous, simple, moving book. Elements of the the secrets and mystery of the Deep South of that era combine with a frank and charged portrayal of black vs. white, and all are wrapped up with a little tomboy girl learning to make sense of her world.
I like how Harper Lee doesn't cut corners; she doesn't take the easy way out with easily-identified stereotypes. It can be a harsh read, but only because you may be reminded as a white reader that maybe you aren't so much separate from the racists in the book. But on the plus side, maybe you aren't so different than Atticus & Scout, too. Because they're all human. Even the racists, and there but for the grace of god go we all.
I like how Harper Lee doesn't cut corners; she doesn't take the easy way out with easily-identified stereotypes. It can be a harsh read, but only because you may be reminded as a white reader that maybe you aren't so much separate from the racists in the book. But on the plus side, maybe you aren't so different than Atticus & Scout, too. Because they're all human. Even the racists, and there but for the grace of god go we all.
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entry by...JonasBrothers_chick updated...Nov 15, '08 spoilers...n/a
I have to read this book for school.... :/
I am sure it will be a good book though! :]
I am sure it will be a good book though! :]
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The Giverby...Lois Lowry average rating...4.8 / 5tags...adolescentlit children cya_fiction dystopic fantasy fiction future futuristic required sf utopia youngadult shelved by...ablueidol alma_spier alyciamariex0 amandasue AstorDragon austengirl baileybrd24 elishapisha elspeth97 jo10999 kdreichert06 librarianamanda mallyland manafanana punkdyke wordy viewable entries...7 |
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entry by...alma_spier updated...Jan 03, '08 spoilers...n/a
A scary (fictional) portrait of the future. One of my favorites when I was in middle school because of the ending.
'This is my favorite book!'
entry by...librarianamanda updated...Mar 09, '07 spoilers...n/a
I love books about the future that make you think, not fantasy but a forseeable reality. The Giver is a wonderful title, easy to read but no easy to forget. All of Lois Lowry's stuff is awesome.
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entry by...austengirl updated...Apr 01, '07 spoilers...n/a
Powerful the first, second, third, fourty five millionth time it's read. i always know what's coming, but am never failed to be floored by it.
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entry by...elspeth97 updated...Apr 01, '07 spoilers...n/a
This book would make a good discussion book. Set in the future, children are selected for their careers early in life. A secret the adults keep from the children is finally discovered by the one child and changes their view of the seemingly smooth existence of their community.
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entry by...elishapisha updated...Mar 05, '08 spoilers...none
Everyone should read this book. It's such a quick, fun read, but includes SO much social commentary and really makes you think. Absolutely love it.
'deals with dark emotional and poltical issues'
entry by...ablueidol updated...May 05, '08 spoilers...n/a
The Giver by Lois Lowry a children’s SF for 8-12 year olds written in 1993 is part of a loose set trilogy set in the same imagined world but not necessarily with the same characters. It deals with a world where your life is one of conformity and happiness. The short novel honestly faces why a society such as this would arise with its benefits and essential failure explored. The core of that failure is that…grief is the price you pay for love. Without sadness, can love and laughter really exist?
We discover a community of unlimited happiness and good manners set in a green and pleasant paradise of high but largely hidden technology. In this world, only 50 children per community are born from genetically approved placements in birth mothers. Regulations define your clothes, toys and your role in society from your first year. From eight you have to volunteer for a range of community duties so that your life long occupation from twelve can start. We join Jonas as the ceremony for 12’s is near for the allotment of his calling. Much to his and the communities shock he is not allotted a job but is selected to be the Receiver. In learning what this is, he discovers the hidden pain and dark side of unlimited happiness. This sets off a chain of events as Jonas discovers what being released really means. He faces what growing up means, and consequences whose meaning you have to decide.
The book has over 3000 ratings on Amazon.com alone so we are talking popular and critical success (it won the Newbury Medal- the USA children’s literature award). Even so, it is banned in several USA State’s School and Library systems because of the dark emotional issues dealt with. Surprisingly doesn’t to have attracted the same attention in the UK. If you or your children have not read it then you have missed a classic. But if you have read it then you know why it’s enjoyable and highly recommended!
We discover a community of unlimited happiness and good manners set in a green and pleasant paradise of high but largely hidden technology. In this world, only 50 children per community are born from genetically approved placements in birth mothers. Regulations define your clothes, toys and your role in society from your first year. From eight you have to volunteer for a range of community duties so that your life long occupation from twelve can start. We join Jonas as the ceremony for 12’s is near for the allotment of his calling. Much to his and the communities shock he is not allotted a job but is selected to be the Receiver. In learning what this is, he discovers the hidden pain and dark side of unlimited happiness. This sets off a chain of events as Jonas discovers what being released really means. He faces what growing up means, and consequences whose meaning you have to decide.
The book has over 3000 ratings on Amazon.com alone so we are talking popular and critical success (it won the Newbury Medal- the USA children’s literature award). Even so, it is banned in several USA State’s School and Library systems because of the dark emotional issues dealt with. Surprisingly doesn’t to have attracted the same attention in the UK. If you or your children have not read it then you have missed a classic. But if you have read it then you know why it’s enjoyable and highly recommended!
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entry by...alyciamariex0 updated...Jul 09, '08 spoilers...n/a
This used to be my favorite book of all time. It is such an easy read but contains so many different meanings and codes that you don't fully appreciate or understand until you are older. This is another timeless classic by Lowrey that will forever be on school summer reading lists. The innovative storyline really requires the reader to think past the novelty of a colorful vibrant world and try to picture a futuristic society where freedom and independence, the same values that this country has prided itself on for hundreds of years, are completely thrown out the window. We can only wonder if Lowrey's representation of the future is an accurate description, or just a dream she may have had one night.
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entry by...baberahamlincln updated...Aug 23, '06 spoilers...n/a
i know its cliched but...my favorite book ever.
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entry by...kelthebookworm updated...Mar 05, '07 spoilers...n/a
favorite of all time!
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entry by...the_denton_affair updated...Mar 17, '07 spoilers...minor
Another one read in a sitting, but I think that says more about my current state of mind than the book. In any case, I've had a far longer relationship with this book than that: my mother's been telling me to read it for years, because 'it's a coming of age book so if you don't read it soon you'll be too old for it'. (I'm suspicious when books are described like that, though - that they're only suitable for people in a certain state.) Then this guy who I used to work with who said he read a lot said he'd read it and didn't like it because 'okay, this guy has a lot of problems, but I don't, so I don't really care' (which made me think he may as well not say that he reads, to be honest). So now I have read it and, after all that, it feels a bit of an anti-climax. I liked it; it pulled me. I felt for Holden, but I knew he wasn't going anywhere, not really, and now I've finished it I feel a bit unsure about what to do next.
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entry by...kdreichert06 updated...Dec 27, '06 spoilers...n/a
I absolutely hated this book. Holden bugged the crap out of me. That's all I have to say. Maybe I'll go a little more in depth some other day.
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entry by...kdreichert06 updated...Dec 30, '06 spoilers...n/a
"What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it." -Holden (p.18)
"Certain things they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass [museum] cases and just leave them alone." -Holden (p.122)
"Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior." (p.189)
"How do you know what you're going to do till you do it? The answer is, you don't." -Holden (p.213)
"Certain things they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass [museum] cases and just leave them alone." -Holden (p.122)
"Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior." (p.189)
"How do you know what you're going to do till you do it? The answer is, you don't." -Holden (p.213)
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entry by...alma_spier updated...Jan 02, '08 spoilers...n/a
I'm so glad I read this. I love Holden Caufield; I wish he were real. This book was all around amazing.
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entry by...austengirl updated...Apr 01, '07 spoilers...n/a
Don't we all have a bit of Holden in us? I know I would like to wipe out all the bad words... anyway. Can't miss the unmistakable influence of Romanticism in this one. Innocence and Experience and all that. All hail Wordsworth...
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entry by...LittleLotte815 updated...Oct 05, '08 spoilers...n/a
The first time I read this, full of teenage angst, I identified with Holden Caulfield entirely. The second time I read it, I wanted to punch him in the face. I get that he's going through a nervous breakdown and all, and he does raise some good points, but GOOD GOD! Everything was "goddamn stupid this" and "phony" that. What a whiner.
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entry by...bookleader updated...Jun 02, '07 spoilers...n/a
I keep coming back to this book again and again. This is not just a book for "angry young men."
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entry by...andreaholson updated...Sep 22, '07 spoilers...n/a
I wanted to read this book because of it's association with sociopaths and psychopaths, but I didn't get it. Maybe identification with the listlessness of the main character? I couldn't tell... Because really it's just this kid wandering through life. He's a bit of a jerk without ambition, going through mundane activities. Perhaps "misunderstood"?
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entry by...miserablizm updated...Apr 07, '08 spoilers...minor
Another one read in a sitting, but I think that says more about my current state of mind than the book. In any case, I've had a far longer relationship with this book than that: my mother's been telling me to read it for years, because 'it's a coming of age book so if you don't read it soon you'll be too old for it'. (I'm suspicious when books are described like that, though - that they're only suitable for people in a certain state.) Then this guy who I used to work with who said he read a lot said he'd read it and didn't like it because 'okay, this guy has a lot of problems, but I don't, so I don't really care' (which made me think he may as well not say that he reads, to be honest). So now I have read it and, after all that, it feels a bit of an anti-climax. I liked it; it pulled me. I felt for Holden, but I knew he wasn't going anywhere, not really, and now I've finished it I feel a bit unsure about what to do next.
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Anne of Green Gables (Norton Critical Edition)by...L. M. Montgomery, Elizabeth Waterson average rating...5.0 / 5tags...adolescentlit shelved by...austengirl viewable entries...1 |
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entry by...austengirl updated...Apr 01, '07 spoilers...n/a
The book (series of books really) that shaped who I am today. Sigh. I wanted to BE Anne (with an E), and I wanted to recite poetry aloud, and pretend I was the Lady of Shallot, and someday marry Gilbert. And now I'm an english major. Still no Gilbert though. Sigh.
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posted by lizzibella submitted...Jan 06, '09
I hope you enjoy it even though it's required reading! Keep your mind open; it's a relevant story even today.