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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
3.5 ⭐s
I know I read this as a kid, but all I could remember was the praise surrounding it.
Would love more insight and development as an adult reader, but this book delivers to a young audience in a nice and concise way, so I will settle for inferences made reading between the lines. The dialogue was very stiff, choppy, and robotic, though. It reminded me of how early learn-to-read books are written for kids. This is a step above that, and so I would have liked the rhythm of the dialogue to be above that, too.
I know I read this as a kid, but all I could remember was the praise surrounding it.
Would love more insight and development as an adult reader, but this book delivers to a young audience in a nice and concise way, so I will settle for inferences made reading between the lines. The dialogue was very stiff, choppy, and robotic, though. It reminded me of how early learn-to-read books are written for kids. This is a step above that, and so I would have liked the rhythm of the dialogue to be above that, too.
I believe I read this book when I was nine years old, and it was incredibly boring. Nobody in my class liked it, and not just because it was assigned reading. We complained in unison. And I was an avid reader, even then. Of course, I was already reading Stephen King, so this may have been part of the problem.
I picked this book for a book challenge that needed a book that was published the year I was born.
It melted my heart. It was so sweet and innocent.
It melted my heart. It was so sweet and innocent.
I was trying to pick a book for my intervention group at school and chose this one. It's been a long time since I first read it. My students seem to be enjoying it.
Read it for the first time as an adult. Takes place on the prairie, where "Papa," aka Jacob, and his two children, Anna and Caleb, are getting to know a woman named Sarah.
First of all, it's written in a really lovely way. The author really conveys the children's feeling of longing and love.
Sarah is kind of a mail-order bride. She corresponds a bit with the father in the story and the kids before "coming to visit," and it's clear she can leave if she wants, but her hometown in Maine is pretty far from the prairie. Since the story is told from the perspective of the children, we have no idea if the father in the story actually woos Sarah in any discernible way. He does treat her with the utmost respect though, which is not totally reciprocated by her, but well.
Sarah is really obsessed with the ocean. I know a lot of people love the ocean, but if she loved it so much, couldn't she find a man anywhere on the entire East Coast? Plus, her beloved aunts and everything and everyone she's ever known? Certainly there might be a good reason to leave Maine, but why not correspond with some bachelors in, say, Virginia?
First of all, it's written in a really lovely way. The author really conveys the children's feeling of longing and love.
Sarah is kind of a mail-order bride. She corresponds a bit with the father in the story and the kids before "coming to visit," and it's clear she can leave if she wants, but her hometown in Maine is pretty far from the prairie. Since the story is told from the perspective of the children, we have no idea if the father in the story actually woos Sarah in any discernible way. He does treat her with the utmost respect though, which is not totally reciprocated by her, but well.
Sarah is really obsessed with the ocean. I know a lot of people love the ocean, but if she loved it so much, couldn't she find a man anywhere on the entire East Coast? Plus, her beloved aunts and everything and everyone she's ever known? Certainly there might be a good reason to leave Maine, but why not correspond with some bachelors in, say, Virginia?
emotional
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book weaves the intricacies of loss and grief and loneliness in a tale children can understand.
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Beautifully written, short, simple, yet amazing story: http://newberryproject.blogspot.com/2007/07/dust.html
This was an enjoyable story. It reminds me a little of the Little House on the Prairie books. This one is about a widower, with two children, who places an ad for a mail-order bride. Sarah answers the ad and the children fall in love with her immediately. The story is centered around the family meeting and adding Sarah into their lives. A very easy read and would be fine for students in about 3rd-5th grade.