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Paula Fox Western Wind
Yearling 0440409918 / 9780440409915 PAPERBACK Good
0440409918 Editorial Reviews n nFrom Publishers Weekly nPW singled out the lyrical prose, laced with striking images and similes, in the Newbery Medalist's story of a 12-year-old's summer visit with her ailing grandmother. Ages 9-12. nCopyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. n nFrom School Library Journal nGrade 5-8-Elizabeth Benedict, 11, has always enjoyed the company of her eccentric artist grandmother, but when her parents insist that she spend a month with her at her rustic summer cottage off the coast of Maine, the girl feels as though she's being exiled so her parents can spend more time with her new baby brother. Anger and jealousy gnaw at her, until, almost in spite of herself, she begins to experience and appreciate the quiet beauty of Pring Island. The rather abrasive elder Benedict at times embarrasses her granddaughter, quoting poetry and posing probing questions, while at the same time, revealing stories about her youth, her husband, and herself. At once charmed and exasperated by the island's only other inhabitants' overzealous, impulsive young son, Elizabeth spends time with him and learns to accept the wisdom he innocently reveals. His disappearance exposes some other truths, including the real reason she's been sent to spend time with Gran. In this wonderfully realized, sensate novel, Fox's unadorned prose is anything but austere. In a forthright manner, she sets each scene and paints her thoroughly compelling, complex characters. Readers may not like them all, but they will defintely be interested in them. nLuann Toth, School Library Journal nCopyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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