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Review Date: 10/13/2016
I haven't read this book, but my 4th graders love this whole series. and Have read several of them out loud to me.
Review Date: 12/31/2009
This a grim, but fascinating tale of a group of misguided young men who got themselves in a heap of trouble when they crossed the border from Texas into Mexico. What these men went through is unimaginable in these times. Rick Bass has written about this misadventure and painted a rich picture of the people and land of the 19th century.
Review Date: 1/10/2017
Helpful Score: 1
I like Jane Smiley's writing style, so even though there were moments of confusion as to who was who, there was the enjoyment of the stories within the story. The book is long and the print is small, but stick with it because it is a tells great saga.
Review Date: 10/13/2016
My 4th grade boys love these books. Helps those who don't like to read get started.
Review Date: 10/13/2016
Love the title! My 4th graders love this series. Promotes reading among those who don't like to read.
Review Date: 2/1/2020
This story of a young slave girl/woman is riveting. The main character, Moinette is strong, smart and engaging. The extent to which slaves were suppressed is evident. The fact that humans could be sold at the whim of the owner and separated from their mothers and children is heart rending. This happened more than once and still Moinette strove to learn to read and write, earn a bit of money (all of these being forbidden) and reunite with her son. All in all, an engaging, well written story.
Review Date: 12/31/2009
Helpful Score: 1
As a classical musician, I was looking forward to a back-stage "tell it all" about the foibles and crazy habits of musicians and conductors. Instead we are treated to an X-rated tale of the author's life starting in high school and continuing on for many years.
I was more interested in the ensembles she was playing with than the men she was sleeping with. She obviously is a gifted musician, but the story she told was not the one I wanted to read.
I was more interested in the ensembles she was playing with than the men she was sleeping with. She obviously is a gifted musician, but the story she told was not the one I wanted to read.
Review Date: 7/31/2022
Love Tanya Huff's writing style. Humorous, technical enough to make the plot believable and involving. Can't say that I can pronounce the names of the alien beings that are throughout her stories, but that doesn't matter as long as I don't have to read them out loud!
Review Date: 10/13/2016
A great Series My 4th graders love it. Helps the non-readers get started in enjoying reading.
Review Date: 11/5/2011
This is a college course reader. It contains the following:
The Rule of Capital and the Rise of Democracy by Goran Therborn
Bringing Capital Back In, Or Social Democracy Reconsidered by Peter Swenson
Invested Intersts: the politics of national economic policies in a world of global finance by Jeffry Frieden
Postwar Trade-Union Organization and Industrial Relations In Twelve Countries by golden, Wallerstein and Lange
The Rule of Capital and the Rise of Democracy by Goran Therborn
Bringing Capital Back In, Or Social Democracy Reconsidered by Peter Swenson
Invested Intersts: the politics of national economic policies in a world of global finance by Jeffry Frieden
Postwar Trade-Union Organization and Industrial Relations In Twelve Countries by golden, Wallerstein and Lange
Review Date: 9/22/2017
This is basically a picture book, but not your usual kid's picture book. It takes the reader through thousands of years of the evolution of an English village. Homes, occupations and village life are illustrated in great detail. My grandchildren are too young to enjoy it, but the day will come when we will sit down together to look at and talk about each page of this wonderful book.
Review Date: 10/13/2016
I didn't personally read it, but the students in my daughter's 4th grade class love the whole Magic Tree House Series.
Review Date: 8/6/2018
Torin Kerr, a favorite character, once again faces seemingly overwhelming odds only to once again come out the winner. Her military training, common sense and humor make for a interesting personality. I have read and enjoyed all of the books in the Confederacy series and "Truth of Valor" does not disappoint.
Review Date: 3/27/2018
I have read all four of Tanya Huff's Torin Kerr novels and enjoyed each one. The character is a strong woman, who first as a Staff Sargent and later a Gunnery Sargent is tasked with leading a mixed company of humans and extra-terrestrials. This she does with firmness, humanity and humor. I found myself laughing out loud at her sarcastic comments; something I don't usually do. The author has deftly woven high adventure with physical descriptions and proclivities of creatures from other worlds. In Valor's Trial, Torin is faced with a seemingly impossible task. She manages to save the day, only after much struggling, both physical and emotional. My only disappointment is in the ending. I'll say no more!
Review Date: 12/31/2009
Helpful Score: 3
Elizabeth Berg has done it again. 14 year old Diana Dunn, her mother Paige and caregiver Peacie are characters you won't forget. Set in Mississippi in the 1960's, the problems facing these folks are set against the backdrop of the turmoil of the times.
Humor and drama make this not only a fun but an educational read.
Humor and drama make this not only a fun but an educational read.
Review Date: 2/19/2016
Well written but pretty gruesome.
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