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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
I LOVED this movie as a child and I still do. I don’t know how, but I only found out it was a book in the last year or so. I really loved this book! Sara has such a determination and grace about her. It makes me want to act just the same. Love love this story. Lastly, I was surprised at how much the movie deviated from the book. Like the ending is not at all the same, the time frame is so much different...
Picture Sara Crewe in her cold, dreary attic room sitting down to tea with Rudyard Kipling and Eleanor Roosevelt. Kipling raises his teacup and toasts Sara's equanimity in the face of trying circumstances. Eleanor raises hers and praises Sara's unwavering self-esteem. Kipling lifts his teacup one more time in honour of colonial privilege. (Sit down, Rudyard! It's 1903 in England. An attitude of colonial superiority is a given. Modern readers have to make allowances.) These three understand each other perfectly.
I confess that I do not quite agree with them, but in fiction...pile on the problems and let me enjoy the happy ending. It can be fun to wallow in this kind of story once in a while.
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"If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster / And treat those two imposters just the sameSpoiler
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."I confess that I do not quite agree with them, but in fiction...pile on the problems and let me enjoy the happy ending. It can be fun to wallow in this kind of story once in a while.
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I just finished reading this book out loud to my 6 year old niece who just came to live with me. I don't think anyone has ever read a chapter book to her, except maybe at school. At first she had a hard time listening but only a couple chapters in she was hooked. She could tell me every night what was happening in the book and she looked forward to reading every night.
This is one of my favorites!
This is one of my favorites!
Someone gave me this book as a gift when I was elementary aged. I had enjoyed [b:The Secret Garden|2998|The Secret Garden|Frances Hodgson Burnett|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161888341s/2998.jpg|3186437], and this is often recommended as a read-alike. Unfortunately, while I was enjoying the beginning, I read the back of the book and it mentioned that the father dies (which, I've since gathered, happens rather early in the book, so I couldn't have gotten far). I didn't want to read a sad book, so I stopped reading and never got back to it.
