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A carregar... A Good Day for Climbing Treespor Jaco Jacobs
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. 13 year old boy, middle child, originally written in Afrikaans. Feels like it would be good for middle schoolers -- just getting into boy-girl romance, hitting the awkward pretty hard. Some environmental awareness (tree sitting protest), some humor, and in general a nice snapshot of contemporary life for tweens in Africa as opposed to an American perspective. There's a lot of jerk behavior from Marnus' brothers, and kindness from the community. On the whole, an enjoyable read, if not a fast paced one. ( ) Esta crítica foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros Críticos do LibraryThing. This is a very surface-level story about a boy named Marnus, who suffers all the indignities of being a middle child. Feeling not-too-special, he answers the door one day to find Leila, a girl who is determined to save a local tree from construction crews. They climb up the tree, with the support of Lelia's mom, if not Marnus's parents. While this isn't a particularly unique storyline, this is a very simply told story - not a huge amount of character development. This makes it a very quick, superficial read. Personally, I like a bit more development, but I am sure this book has its audience in more developing readers. Esta crítica foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros Críticos do LibraryThing. A Good Day for Climbing Trees is a coming-of-age story of a boy learning what it will take to be a teenager, of finding his sense of self in a difficult situation and putting himself out there. The characters are relatable for the middle school aged reader who loves adventure and has the added bonus of the story being set in Africa exposing readers to another culture from a youthful perspective. Esta crítica foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros Críticos do LibraryThing. This is a short, interesting book about two kids who take a stand for a tree for different reasons. It is enjoyable, and gives the idea that even if there doesn't seem to be anything particularly special about you, you can do things that matter. And even if those things don't turn out the way you expected, it still mattered. Esta crítica foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros Críticos do LibraryThing. I read this before handing it over to my ten year old niece. As an adult reader, I thought it was a cute story with a nice message, but a little on the mild side. There were a couple of poignant moments and the feelings were there, just not enough depth even for an early middle-grades book for me. My niece didn't finish it. I think it is in the same vein age-level wise as other things she's reading now, but when I asked her why she quit reading it she said it was because she forgot to finish it. She's already a pretty avid reader, so I took that to mean she just didn't find it appealing enough to keep her attention. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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How two unlikely heroes inspired a whole town Sometimes, in the blink of an eye, you do something that changes your life forever. ike climbing a tree with a girl you don't know. Marnus is tired of feeling invisible, living in the shadow of his two brothers. His older brother is good at breaking swimming records and girls' hearts. His younger brother is already a crafty entrepreneur who has tricked him into doing the dishes all summer. But when a girl called Leila turns up on their doorstep one morning with a petition, it's the start of an unexpected adventure. And finally, Marnus gets the chance to be noticed... Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Google Books — A carregar... GénerosSistema Decimal de Melvil (DDC)839.3636Literature German literature and literatures of related languages Other Germanic literatures Netherlandish literatures Afrikaans Afrikaans fiction 2000–AvaliaçãoMédia:
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