It's a Newbery Medal winner by the author of 'Coraline.' I enjoyed it--here are some of my favorite passages:"I called you boy, didn't I? But time passes in the blink of an eye, and it's a young man you are now, isn't it? How old are you?"
"About fifteen, I think. Though I still feel the same as I always did," Bod said, but Mother Slaughter interrupted, "And I still feels like I done when I was a tiny slip of a thing, making daisy chains in the old pasture. You're always you, and that don't change, and you're always changing, and there's nothing you can do about it."
-AND-
"I want to see life. I want to hold it in my hands. I want to leave a footprint on the sand of a desert island. I want to play football with people. I want," he said, and then he paused and he thought. "I want everything."
-AND-
"Face your life
Its pain, its pleasure,
Leave no path untaken"
"Leave no path untaken," repeated Bod. "A difficult challenge, but I can try my best."
So?
It was entertaining, sweet and full of adventure. I happen to have a fondness for graveyards, so having epitaths and stories of people from other centuries wound into a modern-day murder mystery kept me wanting to turn the pages. I recommend it with gusto.
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Thanks! I haven't heard about this author and now in the past two days I have.
Hi!
You were so kind to comment on my blog after "accidentally" landing there ... so I thought I'd return the favor! Thanks for the nice words!
Your family is beautiful.
Kelly
kellyscreativecorner.blogspot.com
Hey, Jenny, I finally found your blog after getting your Christmas letter (love it, your family is so adorable and everyone has grown up so fast!), but I can't find your e-mail address. Send me an e-mail, I'd love to catch up with you. We have a family blog, too, at vwfamily.blogspot.com, it's not nearly as entertaining as yours! Here's my e-mail: hvwphoto@gmail.com
Hope to hear from you soon! Heidi
I would LOVE to borrow this book. I saw the movie Coraline and thought it a bit creepy though. I'd be curious to see how the writing compares with both books.
Well, I don't always judge a book by it's cover..(only sometimes), but it looks scary, and I am a total scaredycat. If you promise it is not a bad dream maker I could look into it.
signed
BIG HUGE WIMP!
Perhaps one of these days when you all come to JP for dinner, we'll take a walk over Forest Hills Cemetery. They have walking tours and there are many notables buried there. We can just "jump" over the fence!! I'm just kidding.
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