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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
This was one of my favourite books while growing up :) it will always have a special place in my heart
This book made me happy. Very happy.
I felt Annie and Sean were very complex characters, I always like that in a book. Though simple in places, I felt that it was justly so - it is a children's book [sort of:] as it is so it had to be un-complex.
The relationships they made, the hardships they faced, it was easy to feel the way they did - be it happy, sad, elated or grieving. From their first friendship in Will, to their time on the boat, to the family-esque relationships they had with Little Luke & Bessie...
Then you had that unexpected, very happy ending - what is always good for a sap like me. The fact that everything worked out, that although away from their parents for 3 years, they made it through America is, though fictional, an inspiration.
I loved the adventure they had, their positivity through the darkest of times... it was just lovely. It wasn't that usual kids fiction what avoids the nitty-gritty stuff and all the bad bits...
I felt Annie and Sean were very complex characters, I always like that in a book. Though simple in places, I felt that it was justly so - it is a children's book [sort of:] as it is so it had to be un-complex.
The relationships they made, the hardships they faced, it was easy to feel the way they did - be it happy, sad, elated or grieving. From their first friendship in Will, to their time on the boat, to the family-esque relationships they had with Little Luke & Bessie...
Then you had that unexpected, very happy ending - what is always good for a sap like me. The fact that everything worked out, that although away from their parents for 3 years, they made it through America is, though fictional, an inspiration.
I loved the adventure they had, their positivity through the darkest of times... it was just lovely. It wasn't that usual kids fiction what avoids the nitty-gritty stuff and all the bad bits...
I have no recollection of reading this but according to my book list I wrote back in 2011, I rated it G for Good (yes, I was cool enough to have my own rating system).