Jim Ugly
Hi folks,I just breezed through "Jim Ugly" by Sid Fleischman. Set in pioneer/goldrush times, it's a story of a young boy who has been told his father is dead. Just about all he has left is his...
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I've never read anything but The Whipping Boy which I enjoyed, but wouldn't necessarily have guessed was a Newbery winner. Interestingly enough I just got a question on Moms Online about Fleishman's...
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The Whipping Boy which I enjoyed, but wouldn't necessarily have guessed was a Newbery winner. >>Right. While enjoyable, neither book is outstanding, IMHO. But I think as the 90s progressed, the...
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<<The exception being "Out of the Dust" - published & awarded by the makers of Prozac. LOL>>Yup. I loathed that book too. Another awful book in verse - Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer...
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LOL, tea, I've never been able to make it through The White Stag. But I LOVE most of her other books. The Good Master, The Singing Tree, The Open Gate... Give them a try if you haven't read them. I...
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>>I'm not sure if old Newbery's are worse, I just think some years there aren't as many good books, while other years there's an overabundance. Still there are one or two Newbery's that you...
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