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Books : Strawberry Girl 60th Anniversary Edition (Trophy Newbery) |
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Books : Strawberry Girl 60th Anniversary Edition (Trophy Newbery) |
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EAN: 9780064405850 ISBN: 0064405850 Label: HarperTrophy Manufacturer: HarperTrophy Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: June 03, 1995 Publisher: HarperTrophy Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Release Date: April 26, 2005 Sales Rank: 43347 Studio: HarperTrophy Editorial Review: The land was theirs, but so were its hardships Strawberries -- big, ripe, and juicy. Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer can hardly wait to start picking them. But her family has just moved to the Florida backwoods, and they haven't even begun their planting. “Don't count your biddies 'fore they're hatched, gal young un!” her father tells her. Making the new farm prosper is not easy. There is heat to suffer through, and droughts, and cold snaps. And, perhaps most worrisome of all for the Boyers, there are rowdy neighbors, just itching to start a feud. Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Strawberry GirlI read "Strawberry Girl" when I was in 2nd grade and found it to be both compelling and disturbing. All of the characters, from the main protagonist, Birdie Sawyer, to the minor characters, exhibited complex emotions and thoughts, which I related to. For instance, Shoestring Slater's ambiguous existence: he felt extreme loyalty to his family and his father, even as he was filled with shame and embarrassment about his father's behavior. Birdie tended to be, at turns, resentful towards and understanding of the Slater's. When her strawberry plants were initially trampled by the Slater's cows, she was enraged and very judgmental. A short time later, when she realized that Shoestring, his mother and sisters had to return all of their new purchases because Mr. Slater squandered away the money he'd earned from selling an animal, she was extremely saddened and felt tremendous sympathy for the family. Why is Strawberry Girl so readable? It's a simple story of the belief in hard work, the idea that all actions have consequences, and that all of us possess a degree of good and evil traits. At the story's turning point, Sam Slater finds God (with the help of the gluttonous preacher) stops drinking alcohol and is saved, thereby positively changing the lives of his entire family. It's a story of hope- even in harsh realities; sometimes people are rewarded, despite exhibiting a lack of hard work or honesty. Amidst all of this turmoil, both families were still able to behave "neighborly" towards one another. Did the families exhibit forgiveness and acceptance, or hypocrisy? That's for the reader to decide. Nonetheless, Lois Lensky offered up a picture of pioneer life in our nation that was uniquely brutal in its honesty and also comfortingly familiar. This book is one of the few early childhood books I never forgot. In recent times, the category of 'children's books' has gone from being beneficial to being insulting. With the "dumbing down" of language and plot and the popularity of abridged versions of classic stories, the average child is being cheated out of a strong literary foundation. A story that challenges our children will only motivate thoughtful reflection, spark imagination, improve vocabulary and best of all, inculcate a love of reading that will help in every major area of their lives. Rating:  - Very hard book to understand and read-aloudThis book is difficult to understand and read-aloud unless if you're from the South. The slang and dialect can get to you after a while and it can be quite annoying. The story line is okay. I was rather disappointed overall. My children weren't crazy about this either. The illustrations are nice. Definitely not our favorite book. We're now loving Gooseberry Park instead. Rating: - Strawberry GirlToday I just finished reading a book called Strawberry Girl. It is a very good book. It is a John Newbery Medal book by Lois Lenski. Birdie Boyer is ten years old when she moves to Florida with her family. It is not easy to start a new farm especially when they have troubles like hard snow storms, terrible fires, and especially their horrid neighbors. I can't name a specific part that is my favorite because I really enjoyed it all. Rating: - SrawberrygirlIt was a very good book! It got exciting sometimes and sad other times. That is why Iliked this book.
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