Ally Sheedy
Auteur van She Was Nice to Mice
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Werken van Ally Sheedy
Shelter Island 1 exemplaar
Nummer 5 Double Feature [Blu-ray] 1 exemplaar
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Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Sheedy, Alexandra Elizabeth
- Geboortedatum
- 1962-06-13
- Geslacht
- female
- Geboorteplaats
- New York City, New York, USA
- Beroepen
- actor
poet
Leden
Besprekingen
Lijsten
Misschien vindt je deze ook leuk
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Statistieken
- Werken
- 5
- Ook door
- 22
- Leden
- 134
- Populariteit
- #151,727
- Waardering
- 4.0
- Besprekingen
- 3
- ISBNs
- 6
- Talen
- 1
Written when the author was only 12 years old and inspired in part by Virginia Woolf’s Flush (which tells the story of Elizabeth Barrett Browning through the eyes of her cocker spaniel), this book must be viewed as quite an undertaking. It perhaps helped having a writer/press agent as a mother, but it is still quite a feat for a preteen to accomplish. The writing is actually quite good and if you had not been told, you would assume that the author was an adult. Speaking of adults, the book does have some content which is worrisome for the intended audience of young readers. (At least I assume that the intended audience is roughly 8 to 10 years old, given the short length of the book and the presence of talking mice.) The bulk of Elizabeth’s story concerns her relationship with the Lord of Essex. There are several mentions and one heavily implied scene that depict the sexual nature of that relationship. Later, a beheading is described in some detail. Still, the book was a bestseller when it came out, so perhaps I am the only one who has concerns.
The illustrations, done by another preteen, are delicate and whimsy ink drawings. They don’t necessarily add much to the story, but there are a fine supplement to the book as a whole. I personally got a kick out of the mice dressed up in Elizabethan garb.
Overall, this was a light, entertaining read with enough historical detail to be particularly interesting. However, given my concerns listed above, I am not sure that I would rush out to recommend it to any youngsters in my life.… (meer)