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Ester Wier (1910–2000)

Autor(a) de The Loner

21 Works 592 Membros 7 Críticas

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Obras por Ester Wier

The Loner (1963) 494 exemplares
The Space Hut (1967) 40 exemplares
Action at Paradise Marsh (1968) 7 exemplares
Gift of the mountains (1963) 5 exemplares
Easy Does It (1965) 5 exemplares
The barrel (1966) 3 exemplares
The Long Year (1969) 3 exemplares
The winners (1967) 3 exemplares
The White Oak 2 exemplares
King of the mountain (1975) 2 exemplares
The hunting trail (1974) 2 exemplares

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This book made me remember the pleasures of exploring natural areas and making discoveries. "Radish" (somewhat more tolerable than his given name) spends this summer at his favorite marsh where he has moved an especially beautiful trout raised at his brother's fish hatchery. He meets an old man, Mr Moon, and they rescue a baby owlet after it's parents are killed. As Radish absorbs the life of the marsh during the day, back home his family is concerned about a developer's plans to drain the marsh, and his brother organizes a community coalition to counteract that.
The book spends more time helping us remember the marsh than it does on environmental activism, which is a good thing. As I finished the book, I did wonder what it would mean to a child raised in a big city who had never seen wildness of any sort. I'm hoping it would call to something inside, but perhaps they would just toss down the book as being too removed from their own lives....Like Mr. Boomer.
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juniperSun | Jun 12, 2021 |
This story is about a young boy who does not know where he came from. He wanders around from farm to farm picking fruit in order to survive. This story is a heartwarming tale and it is extremely dynamic. There were quite a few characters that you only got to meet for a short time, but in this story it seemed that every character was important. Eventually the orphan boy finds a family in Montana that he can call his own. This book is slightly predictable, but I did enjoy the story line.
 
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Kaitlin_villoutreix | 5 outras críticas | Nov 14, 2017 |
An orphan boy who has learned to rely only on himself and lives day to day traveling west and working here and there on fruit farms somehow finds himself on a sheep farm in Montana and stumbles into a family to call his own.
A nice little story, if totally predictable. Plus: enter bear stage left. Another plus: sheepherding dogs.
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electrascaife | 5 outras críticas | Oct 19, 2017 |
The boy with no name doesn't remember his past; all he knows is that he has to survive, and that means picking fruit on various farms across the southwest. Staying with anyone who'll take him, he gives up all his wages for food and a place to sleep. Then he finds a loving home and realizes he is no longer a loner. A 1964 Newbery Honor book.
 
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FriendsLibraryFL | 5 outras críticas | Sep 6, 2014 |

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Dorothy Coffin Hickey Author, Joint Author.
W. T. Mars Illustrator
Leonard Vosburgh Illustrator
Ursula Koering Illustrator
Christine Price Illustrator
Wayne Blickenstaff Illustrator
Leo Summers Illustrator

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Obras
21
Membros
592
Popularidade
#42,409
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Críticas
7
ISBN
15

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