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Stephanie S. Tolan

Autor/a de Surviving the Applewhites

35+ obres 4,865 Membres 148 Ressenyes

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Crèdit de la imatge: www.stephanietolan.com/

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Obres de Stephanie S. Tolan

Surviving the Applewhites (2002) 3,004 exemplars
Listen! (2006) 682 exemplars
Welcome to the Ark (1996) 313 exemplars
Applewhites at Wit's End (2012) 129 exemplars
Wishworks, Inc. (2009) 113 exemplars
Plague Year (1990) 83 exemplars
Ordinary Miracles (1644) 59 exemplars
Flight of the Raven (2001) 58 exemplars
Who's There? (1994) 35 exemplars
Save Halloween! (1883) 32 exemplars
The Face in the Mirror (1998) 28 exemplars
A Good Courage (1988) 26 exemplars
Applewhites Coast to Coast (2017) 24 exemplars
A Time to Fly Free (1983) 20 exemplars

Obres associades

Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out (2008) — Col·laborador — 346 exemplars
The Big Book For Our Planet (1993) — Col·laborador — 134 exemplars

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Coneixement comú

Data de naixement
1942
Gènere
female
Nacionalitat
USA
Llocs de residència
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

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I Pearl Ruled this book at page 60. I don't like any of the characters, and even eccentric characters should be somewhat likable. The Penderwick and Blossoms (Betsy Byars) series have likable, 3 dimensional eccentric characters, so it can be done well. It wasn't here.

What really amazes me is this book won a Newbery. I don't see how.
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fuzzi | Hi ha 116 ressenyes més | Jan 13, 2024 |
3rd grader Max is very imaginative. He uses his imagination to escape from his problems (he's bullied at school, his parents have divorced, he doesn't have a dog).

One day Max imagines himself into the Wishworks, where he is promised that the wish he makes will come true in real life. Then the story turns into a version of the old story where the husband and wife get three wishes (the man wishes for a fish and the woman is mad at him so she wishes the fish on the man's nose and then they have to use their last wish to get the fish off the nose) only with a a dog.

It was a little boring for me because it was completely obvious what was going to happen, and lot of the story is taken up with Max's adventure fantasies, which do not contribute much to the story but may be enjoyable for kids who have similar fantasies (fighting dragons and stuff like that).

The black and white illustrations are very nice.
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LibrarianDest | Hi ha 5 ressenyes més | Jan 3, 2024 |
A cute story about an eccentric, creative family and their unschool.

I enjoyed reading about the kids' various curriculum choices, especially those of E.D. I liked her character and that her "special talent" was being organized.

I didn't care for Jake, one of the main characters. His development seemed a little unrealistic to me... then again, this is a children's book, so maybe I'm being too harsh.

The pet parrot who was always swearing was an undesirable (and totally unnecessary) addition to the story. Even though specific curse words were not shared, I think just mentioning profanity will get a kid's mind thinking about which curse words they know - and it's better to put good ideas into their minds.… (més)
 
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RachelRachelRachel | Hi ha 116 ressenyes més | Nov 21, 2023 |
Award winning book. Very good. I would recommend this book.
 
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PKolb | Hi ha 116 ressenyes més | Sep 8, 2023 |

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Obres
35
També de
2
Membres
4,865
Popularitat
#5,165
Valoració
½ 3.7
Ressenyes
148
ISBN
136
Llengües
3

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