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Cargando... Follow the Elephant (Personal Social Issues Death B)por Beryl Young
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. While far-fetched at times, overall the novel was entertaining, suspenseful, and touching. Ben learns how to deal with his loss and how to connect with people again after his father's death and his subsequent retreat into video games. Many young adults would connect with Ben and his struggle to be independent at a time that he still needs his family and friends. ( ) 13 year old Ben Leeson goes on a trip to India with his grandmother to help her find her old pen-pal, Shanti. His grandmother hopes the trip will give Ben something to focus on other than video games and computers, and she hopes Ben will be able to come to terms with the death of his father. Follow the Elephant made me feel like I was on a trip to India; rich with sensory details and filled with daily adventures, there were times when I'd lift my head from the page and be surprised that I wasn't in Varanasi. Highly recommended to those who would like to take a trip to India vicariously. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
What thirteen-year-old boy wants to travel on a hopeless quest to India with his grandmother? Not Ben Leeson, whose anger about his father's recent death has led him to escape into the isolated world of computer games. India is the last place Ben ever thought of visiting and his grandmother is the last person he'd ever dreamed of travelling with, but the ticket is already bought and Ben finds himself in India on a search for Gran's long lost pen pal, Shanti. In the midst of insufferableheat, strange food and the constant haggling of street beggars, Ben and Gran meet magicians and snake charmers and see bodies burning on funeral pyres. As they search for clues across the huge continent, Ben finds himself strangely compelled to follow the magnificent elephants and the elephant boy-god Ganesh. The challenges of the journey teach Ben that real life can be more exciting than any computer game and that by accepting the dark mysteries of India, he can come to terms with his father'sdeath. This adventure quest for children ten and up takes its place among the many captivating adult books about India, and is an invaluable resource for school curriculum studies on world religions. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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