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Samurai Summer (2005)

por Åke Edwardson

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A boy sent to a camp for unwanted children adopts the samurai lifestyle in order to protect himself and his friends from the sadistic camp overseer, Matron, and her adult son who is stalking one of the female campers.
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Ake Edwardson evokes childhood memories of roaming in the woods, building treehouses and other twiggy-branchy contraptions, going to town for ice cream and making up tall stories of brave warriors and adventure - at least it does so in me. Clearly, not all grownups will take to Samurai Summer the way I did and this shows by cross-section sampling of other reviews. But we should keep in mind this is a story for adolescents and as such the mature reader should pass judgement.
This in mind, Samurai Summer is a masterpiece of light-hearted storytelling that may or me not be able to fascinate a post-pubescent reader but certainly should engross its pre-pubescent target group. Plot and characters are very believable, the prose is perfectly suitable for this story well-told. The isolated setting, a summer camp in Sweden run by an evil martinet of a dame conveys the escapist feeling of 12 year old Protagonist Kenny with heart and personality.
All in all, a very recommendable read and in my humble opinion also suitable for readers that have already passed that magical time and age of simplicity when ice cream, chocolate, and perhaps a wooden sword were the most glorious aspirations life had to offer. ( )
  nitrolpost | Mar 19, 2024 |
I was halfway in before I realized this was really meant as a children's book. That meant the concerns of the protagonist were not really mine, but the author did construct a good story. It was an easy read considering it was in Swedish! ( )
  GranitePeakPubs | Jun 2, 2016 |
Samurai Summer is a coming of age story set in a Swedish Summer Camp in the 60s. Kenny is the main character, who is 12 years old and will be too old to return to the camp after this, his final summer. Kenny considers himself a samurai and is the leader of his group of friends who are his samurai in training. They are planning and building a "castle" in the woods that has become a home away from home for all of them.

There is a war raging between the kids and the adults who run the camp, and Kenny and his friends are determined to win. As the story transpires, tension builds along with foreshadowing, reeling the reader in for the grand finale.

A very insightful story! The reader is given a window into the mind of a 12-year-old who has very little trust for adults, but finds that kids find strength when they band together.

Adults will benefit from reading this book to be reminded what it was like to be a kid with little understanding of how the world works and very little power to defend against adults who want to control you and in some cases prey upon you. It will also benefit children, teaching them about the power of self discipline and also how cooperation with others, even those we may not otherwise like, can help us to reach our goals.

I received a free copy of this book through Goodreads First Reads. ( )
  goode2shews | Sep 21, 2013 |
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