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Laddar... Amber and Clay (utgåvan 2021)av Laura Amy Schlitz (Författare), Julia Iredale (Illustratör)
VerksinformationAmber and Clay av Laura Amy Schlitz
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. I found this story incredibly moving, with vibrant and nuanced characters, and a fine attention to historical details. As an adult reviewer and middle school librarian, I'm not sure that this book is necessarily written for the 12-18-year-old crowd--it reads, to me, more like adult fiction written primarily about young protagonists. I'm giving it 4.5 stars only because, as others have mentioned, the world-building, scene-setting, and character-building needed to establish the conflict and resolution took up 4/5ths of the book, which might be a turn-off for others but wasn't for me--I was completely immersed and compelled to live inside the Ancient Greece Laura Amy Schlitz skillfully recreates. ( ) In the tradition of really immersive children's historical fiction about the ancient world, Schlitz explores ancient Greece and the lives of everyday people. Things I loved: her nuanced portrayal of slavery -- nuanced in the sense that it covers many different ways that slaves were oppressed, from the blatant (abuse, lack of schooling) to the more subtle (even former slaves aren't really free from the system, the expectation that care givers will love their Master's children) -- this is not an apologist's work. Loved that it is character based, and explores the roles of women as well -- also relatively horrifying to modern eyes. I appreciated the common mortality as well: realistic, sometimes shocking to me as a modern reader, but accurate. I enjoyed the periodic random commentary by the gods, and really loved the imagining of what the mysteries of the bear girls of Artemis might have been like. I also enjoyed the push and pull of the larger context of a long term ongoing war -- the characters are not directly fighting, but are affected by it in ways they don't entirely understand. I also liked the format shifts -- incorporating modern commentary on objects, and the various forms of verse throughout. I wasn't as sure about Socrates. He's an interesting figure and character, but somewhat random as a plot mover. The pacing is also a bit odd -- there is a lot going on, but also not very much. Ultimately I think I wanted more from it than I got, but as I write this review I can't put my finger on what that means given how rich the material and characters are. Det här är en av LibraryThings förhandsrecensioner. I had a difficult time getting into this book. It jumped around a lot and I am not sure how well a child would like this book. The narrative in verse could be interesting but the reader would need to make the effort to get into it.The book is set in ancient Greece, and the fates of two children become linked. There is a fair amount of mythology in this book too. I am sure it has potential for the right reader. Narrated by Rachel Botchan and Tom Picasso. I couldn't bring myself to read the print book, it just looked too daunting. I found it much more approachable in audio. Botchan and Picasso took a complex arrangement of two characters' stories, cutaways to Greek gods' voices, and archaelogical descriptions and made it into a cohesive listening experience (once you get a hang of the structure). Central and peripheral characters are distinctly voiced, no small feat with a considerable cast that includes Hermes, Artemis, Socrates, masters, slaves, and protagonists Rhaskos and Melisto. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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Juvenile Fiction.
Mythology.
Poetry.
Historical Fiction.
HTML: The Newbery Medalâ??winning author of Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! gives readers a virtuoso performance in verse in this profoundly original epic pitched just right for fans of poetry, history, mythology, and fantasy. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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