Imatge de l'autor

Janet McNaughton

Autor/a de An Earthly Knight

12+ obres 872 Membres 26 Ressenyes

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Crèdit de la imatge: http://www.janetmcnaughton.ca/

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Obres de Janet McNaughton

An Earthly Knight (2003) 364 exemplars
The Secret Under My Skin (2000) 252 exemplars
The Raintree Rebellion (2006) 61 exemplars
To Dance at the Palais Royale (1996) 38 exemplars
Dragon Seer (2009) 38 exemplars
Catch Me Once, Catch Me Twice (1994) 21 exemplars
Brave Jack and the unicorn (2005) 20 exemplars
Make or Break Spring (1998) 17 exemplars
Dragon Seer's Gift (2011) 15 exemplars
The Saltbox Sweater (2001) 12 exemplars
Cavaleiro Encantado, O (2004) 1 exemplars

Obres associades

Dear Canada: A Time for Giving: Ten Tales of Christmas (2015) — Col·laborador — 18 exemplars

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Coneixement comú

Data de naixement
1953-11-29
Gènere
female
Nacionalitat
Canada
Lloc de naixement
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Llocs de residència
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Educació
York University
Memorial University, Newfoundland
Professions
author
Biografia breu
Janet McNaughton was born and raise in Toronto, but has lived most of her adult life in St. John's, Newfoundland, where she completed both a master's and a doctoral degree in folklore. Her books for children and young adults have received numerous awards. [from Brave Jack and the Unicorn (2005)]

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A few centuries in the future, what's left of the population in eastern Canada is mostly civilized, but factions are warring over acceptance of technology. The story is actually a coming of age for a lost girl who has the opportunity to leave a work camp and become embroiled in a hopeful future and find out who she is. Good one.
 
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cindywho | Hi ha 10 ressenyes més | May 27, 2019 |
This historical young adult novel is one Tam Lin retelling that I couldn’t find when I was reading all the other Tam Lin retellings. It’s set in Scotland in 1162 and is about the sixteen year old daughter of a Norman nobleman. Jenny has always been given a lot of freedom but with her older sister Isabel in disgrace, having run away with a knight, it is decided that it is time to find Jenny a suitor.

I really liked all the details about medieval life. I was particularly interested in how the family and the church deal with Isabel, and Jenny’s experiences being courted by the king’s brother. I also liked the bond Jenny has with her siblings, the descriptions of Jenny riding in the forest and the realisations Jenny has about how her behaviour affects others.

But -- and maybe this shouldn’t be surprising after the tenor of my recent reviews -- I was not a fan of the romance. Frustratingly undeveloped. Although to be fair to Tam Lin, he’s miles better than Jenny’s royal suitor, and to be fair to Jenny, she is only sixteen. But still.

Not my favourite Tam Lin and not my favourite Tam Lin retelling.

Here, Jenny slowed La Rose down to a safer trot, for the roots of the great trees made dangerous traps for a horse on the forest roads. Jenny caught her breath as she looked up. Huge oak and ash trees towered so high, Jenny often felt as if she were at the bottom of a great, green sea. But now, these giant trees were just beginning to show their leaves. Bluebells flooded the forest floor, and the smaller trees that would go unnoticed in the summer were having their moment of glory. Hawthorne and cheery flowers blazed white in the sunlight that streamed through the mostly bare boughs of the larger trees.
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Herenya | Hi ha 5 ressenyes més | Jan 1, 2019 |
Hm. Just didn't work for me as well as for my GR friends. I think I would have appreciated it if it had been actually more original, if it had diverged more from the classic story(s) upon which it's based. Either it's a tale from Newfoundland, or it's not - I kept feeling dissonance. Nor were the pictures quite to my taste, something about the texture, esp. of the skin, didn't suit me. But the progression of the thematic elements, the language, the way it all worked out, were fine. I'm glad I finally got a chance to read this, but relieved I didn't spend money on it.… (més)
 
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Cheryl_in_CC_NV | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Jun 6, 2016 |
I read this a couple years back and remember enjoying it.
 
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AdorablyBookish | Hi ha 10 ressenyes més | Aug 29, 2015 |

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Estadístiques

Obres
12
També de
2
Membres
872
Popularitat
#29,354
Valoració
3.8
Ressenyes
26
ISBN
49
Llengües
2

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