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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
ferrisscottr's review against another edition
5.0
This is a YA book that was written (1972) long before they had that category. I read this book around 7th or 8th grade and it struck some kind of something with me because I read it many many times in the six years after I got it.
This would be my first re-read since I got out of high school. It did bug me a little that the book has obviously been touched up for modern times (e.g. the addition of email and text technology) but I can live with it.
Our story follows a family of three children directly after their parents divorce. These three children have been given "gifts" by their long dead grandmother. One child has the gift of dance, one child the gift of music and the last child the gift of E.S.P. (remember this was written in the early 70's). The main plotlines deal with how the kids deal with their parents divorce, their new living situations and how they deal with their gifts (which they don't know they've been given).
I'm now a 44 year old father and I appreciate this book for different reasons than I did when I first read it at age 13 but I still loved it. I see now that it is a little predictable but it did not lessen my enjoyment. Whole heartedly would recommend this.
This would be my first re-read since I got out of high school. It did bug me a little that the book has obviously been touched up for modern times (e.g. the addition of email and text technology) but I can live with it.
Our story follows a family of three children directly after their parents divorce. These three children have been given "gifts" by their long dead grandmother. One child has the gift of dance, one child the gift of music and the last child the gift of E.S.P. (remember this was written in the early 70's). The main plotlines deal with how the kids deal with their parents divorce, their new living situations and how they deal with their gifts (which they don't know they've been given).
I'm now a 44 year old father and I appreciate this book for different reasons than I did when I first read it at age 13 but I still loved it. I see now that it is a little predictable but it did not lessen my enjoyment. Whole heartedly would recommend this.
joie881's review against another edition
4.0
I read this when I was 11 years old and just came across it in an article and had to read it again. Still as striking as the first time I read it.
chelseasofia's review against another edition
5.0
I read this when I was eleven and it was an instant favorite. I believed so much of Nancy's experiences with ESP. I remember the book giving me chills and I would stay up late on summer nights unable to put the book down. I read it at least five times when i was a child. I re-read it recently and found it just as wonderful. Obviously its meant for a young reader audience, and it was written awhile back, so some of the language is a bit corny but I loved it still. It reaffirmed my beliefs in our human intuition and ways of communicating that aren't necessarily quantifiable.
avrilhj's review against another edition
4.0
Very pleasant, slightly magical, pre-teen family-oriented book.
js7476's review against another edition
5.0
This was a good book not a typical book i listen to but very entertaining.
magdon's review against another edition
4.0
Also found on the beach bookshelves; also a reread of an old favorite.
jengennari's review against another edition
5.0
A 2022 re-read. This book was a favorite of mine as a child -- Nancy and her two siblings move to Florida, back to their mother's childhood home, when their parents divorce. In the prologue, we hear the grandmother's dying words, that each child will have a gift: Kirby the gift of dance, Brendon, the gift of music, and she dies before we hear what she gives Nancy, although as the story progresses, we realize she "knows" what's going to happen before it happens and always wins at card games because she "sees" the cards. She has ESP, extrasensory perception. As a sensitive kid, I loved the counselor's final words: "You're a twelve-year-old girl with a sensitivity that is tuned a little higher than that of other people." Whether or not you believe in magic is left up to the reader.
Craft notes: Told in three POVs of each child, which I hadn't remembered. Dated -- some stereotyping of expectations for girls and boys. Also: Lois Duncan holds the biggest emotional moment until the second to last page. A satisfying end!
Craft notes: Told in three POVs of each child, which I hadn't remembered. Dated -- some stereotyping of expectations for girls and boys. Also: Lois Duncan holds the biggest emotional moment until the second to last page. A satisfying end!
ameliaholcomb's review against another edition
3.0
A quick read for me that helped cleanse my palate from an intense chapter of another book. I can't see why a middle schooler would find this book disagreeable.