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Bezig met laden... Tortilla Sundoor Jennifer Cervantes
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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. A middle school reader about a young girl Izzy, who is shipped off to spend the summer with her grandmother in New Mexico so her mother can continue her research in Costa Rica. Izzy is drawn into her Latin roots, makes some young friends, has to deal with some trauma as well as discovering why her mother has been so reluctant to discuss her deceased husband. The town storyteller, Socorro, also adds a bit of mystery to the whole story. Enjoyable read. Worthwhile addition to school libraries too. This is a cute enough story about a girl searching for belonging and the truth about her father. It's a bit loose (not a surprise from a debut novel, especially a middle-grade one), and there are a few editing issues (time inconsistencies, a lie/lay problem). My 11yo liked it but said the bits of Spanish felt shoe-horned in to make the book "educational." I like the suncatcher and wish that the storyteller character had been fleshed out more. Also, do you think a house cat could carry a baseball in its mouth? I'm having trouble picturing it, but I've not known every house cat. RGG: Sweet middle-grade story. There is quite a bit going on: a dead, unspoken of father; an absentee mother; a grandmother who knows all the secrets; a New Mexican hispanic community untouched by modernity or socio-economic problems; magical realism. It doesn't all quite hold together. But if you suspend disbelief, it's an enjoyable read. Reading Interest: 10-12 geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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While spending a magical summer in New Mexico with her grandmother, twelve-year-old Izzy makes new friends, learns to cook, and for the first time hears stories about her father, who died before she was born. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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Debut novel, very dreamlike. On the whole, yay for own voices finding their voice. It's pretty great for a debut novel. However, there is a whole lot of irresponsible behavior and weird/missing communication that happens throughout the book. The transitions between one moment and the next could be so jarring that it would knock me into 'say, what now?' headspace. I get that a lot of this book is about healing, is about finding a different way to communicate because grief is too immediate, and about being real about pain and anger and sorrow -- so I honor it for that, even though I found it confusing at best and upsetting at worst. Anyway, I'm going to go sing my not-the-intended-audience song and give it 4 stars for beginnings with great potential. ( )