Caroline Starr Rose
Autor de May B.
Obras de Caroline Starr Rose
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 20th century
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Saudi Arabia
Australia
New Mexico, USA
Florida, USA
Virginia, USA
Louisiana, USA - Educación
- Hendrix College
- Ocupaciones
- teacher
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 8
- Miembros
- 776
- Popularidad
- #32,780
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 47
- ISBNs
- 29
Told in free verse poetry, May's story is about overcoming powerful odds. Not only is May left to fend for herself in a leaking sod cabin in the dead of winter with hungry wolves outside her door--she is also haunted by memories of her difficult school days where she struggled to read because of a condition we would now know as dyslexia.
In very few words, author Caroline Starr Rose conveys May's inner turmoil and her struggle to find not just a way to survive but a way to believe herself worthy of survival. It's a powerful tale, indeed.
It was heavy on the bleak with nary a giggle, which isn't really my taste. I like a good sad read, but it's better seasoned with moments of levity, which this book completely lacked. So that is why I'm giving it three instead of four stars. As a Newbery contender, my personal taste aside, I'd give it four.… (más)