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Chargement... The Shoemaker's Boypar Joan Aiken
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When his father goes off on a long quest to find a way to cure his wife's mysterious illness, a shoemaker's son has some strange and frightening experiences. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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I'm not sure if Joan Aiken's The Shoemaker's Boy is presented as a picture-book in other editions - I requested it, sight unseen, through inter-library loan, and thought that it came in that form - but the small paperback edition I read is actually a short five-chapter book, midway between a leveled reader and a full novel. The story itself is engrossing, with plenty of folk motifs and medieval historical elements to keep young readers entertained. Aiken's writing here is engaging, and I appreciated the fact that she didn't tie everything up completely. It's clear the black and white knights, for instance, fought in the night (something confirmed by Jem's father's story, at the conclusion of the book), but where do the three green child-like men fit in? All in all, an interesting beginning-reader fantasy, that had the feeling of a fairy-tale. Recommended to Joan Aiken fans, and to anyone looking for entertaining stories for very beginning chapter-book readers. ( )