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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
Just like The Hundred Dresses, this is a short book but with a lot of emotion. Winner of the Newbery Medal. Our narrator is a young girl who loses her mother in giving birth to her younger brother. Several years later their father is looking for a mail order bride. This is where Sarah comes into the picture from Maine. This doesn’t sound like a very feminist premise, but Sarah herself is strong and capable and does things on her own. I could identify with Sarah and making a new home somewhere else and missing things from my home. I could relate to themes of loneliness and coping with change. I wish we could see more from Sarah’s point of view but we do see how she adapts with sharing her stories from Maine and the colors of the sea in her drawings. It pulls at your heart to read about children who have lost their mother and want so badly to be loved like that again.
"There's always something to miss, no matter where you are."
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
slow-paced
This is one of my all-time favorite books, and I also recommend the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie version with Christopher Walken and Glenn Close. Anytime I hear someone ask "What's your favorite color?", I want to say blue and gray and green - the colors of the sea!
Interesting story, but for some reason it just didn't really grab me. Sarah seems spunky and determined enough, and motherless children like Caleb and Anna are always good for a tug-at-your-heart-strings tale. I liked it well enough, but it isn't one I'll re-read again and again.
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This was the first book I remember reading in elementary school and then watching the movie after. It was the most amazing experience, to watch words from a book come to life. This helped start my love affair with books. This book will always be special to me! I just bought a signed copy which may now be my favorite book I own.
One of my absolute favorite books as a child. I read my copy so many times that it fell apart... I would love to go back and read again some twenty years later.
This was my FAVORITE book as a kid! And I can see why. It's a heart-warming story about family. It's very sweet, but also very catered to a younger audience, so the story is quite basic.
A very sweet children's story. I liked it quite a bit. It was a short read, only just over an hour in audiobook format, but the narrator did a wonderful job. The characters are well written and fleshed out and I look forward to reading the other four books in this series soon. Would recommend for any child or an adult who wants to remember what its like to be a child.
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No