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Bezig met laden... Witnessdoor Karen Hesse
Bezig met laden...
Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. The idea behind this book was much better than the presentation. There were so many characters and only a few of them were interesting. Each had a page, or usually less, of verse dialogue that was not always clear. The main point of the book is that a ku klux klan troop formed in a small town in Vermont in 1924 and wreaked havoc and destruction, but also appealed to some of the residents. This would have been a much more interesting, educational book of it were written in chapter form. This book can also be very frightening to students in 2023, especially those younger than 14. ( ) Beautifully written and nuanced book about racism 100 years ago in America, and so by design also about today in how the past effects us. Can be a little tricky with the multiple narrators but you'll get it. Went with 5 stars because of how much of this book had stuck with me from when I read it years ago. I definitely have a better understanding of it now than I did then though. This book has eleven characters. Eleven. It is set in the year 1924 and revolves around two girls who have lost their mothers and the Ku Klux Klan takes notice. The story is told in verse, but it will take an astute reader to notice the different voices. It is set in Vermont, out of the typical southern setting you would expect. There is a theme of hope in this short (100-page book).
It is in that ability to affect...that hope can be found in this novel set against the backdrop of racism and complacence. In this stunning piece of little-known American history, Hesse (Stowaway, 2000, etc.) paints small-town Vermont on the brink of self-destruction circa 1924....What Copland created with music, and Hopper created with paint, Hesse deftly and unerringly creates with words: the iconography of Americana, carefully researched, beautifully written, and profoundly honest. The author of Out of the Dust again turns language into music in her second quietly moving novel written entirely in verse....Easily read in one sitting, this lyrical novel powerfully records waves of change and offers insightful glimpses into the hearts of victims, their friends and their enemies. Using real events, Hesse tells a story of the Ku Klux Klan in a small town in Vermont in 1924 in the same clear free-verse as her Newbery winner, Out of the Dust...Hesse's spare writing leaves space for readers to imagine more about that time and about their own. This lyric work is another fine achievement from one of young adult literature's best authors. PrijzenErelijsten
A series of poems express the views of various people in a small Vermont town, including a young black girl and a young Jewish girl, during the early 1920s when the Ku Klux Klan is trying to infiltrate the town. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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