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Chargement... Thumbelina (édition 1999)par Andrea Koenig (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreTHUMBELINA: A Novel par Andrea Koenig
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Angelica Skyler certainly wasn't a perfect mother to fourteen-year-old Thumbelina, but when she is found dead in the local duck pond, Thumbelina yearns to have her back. Six feet tall with thick glasses covering a face she doesn't even know is pretty, Thumbelina is now alone with a few Johnny Cash tapes, a guitar that belonged to the musician father she never knew, and a spirit almost as large as the odds against her. Quickly placed with a foster family, Thumbelina bumps straight into Myrna, a feisty redhead half her size and with a baby in her stomach. Also fourteen years old and as savvy as they come, Myrna has no trouble discerning that her secretive new roommate is pregnant, too. With little money but lots of charm, the unlikely pair strike out on their own, only to run into more serious trouble and heartache than they could have ever imagined. Laughs mingle with tears throughout this bittersweet, unforgettable story of a young girl embracing hope in the face of tragedy. Immensely talented first-time novelist Andrea Koenig has created a character whose distinctive and instantly lovable voice will hook readers from the very first page -- and won't let go until the last. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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I gave it four stars because I can't honestly say I enjoyed the book, but it was, once I got into it, such an amazing read, I read it through the night. I'm left with the impression that the author knows too much of stuff the rest of us would rather not and certainly the heroine of her story didn't want to know either.
There is another review saying the book is written in dialect - don't be put off, the only difference between standard English and the book, is leaving off the final g of 'ing' words, like readin instead of reading.
Definitely a book worth reading. ( )