Rebecca Stead
Autore di Quando mi troverai
Sull'Autore
Rebecca Stead won the Newbery Medal for her second novel When You Reach Me in 2010. Her first novel is First Light. Rebecca's third novel, Liar & Spy, won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 2013. She is the first US author to win the Prize. All of Rebecca's novels have received critical and mostra altro popular acclaim with When You Reach Me, Liar & Spy, and Goodbye Stranger all appearing on the New York Times bestseller list. Ms. Stead's books are published under the Random House Children's book imprint Wendy Lamb. Before committing to a career as a writer, Rebecca was a lawyer working as a public defender. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Random House
Opere di Rebecca Stead
Plan B [short story] 2 copie
Lias and Stead 1 copia
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Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1968-01-16
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
- Istruzione
- Vassar College (BA)
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Five star books (1)
6th Grade (1)
Female Author (1)
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 10
- Opere correlate
- 3
- Utenti
- 10,103
- Popolarità
- #2,351
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 779
- ISBN
- 169
- Lingue
- 11
- Preferito da
- 5
- Citazioni
- 328
I enjoyed the story and felt engaged with Evan and Rafe. A great characterization there. I also could understand Evan's Dad (Edward) being so reluctant to openly discuss the issues around the old library burning down. However, this was a secret that created some unnecessarily false tension in the book. This conflicted aspect detracted from the burnt library mystery, central to the plot. I'm uncertain whether the younger readership would process this the same way, as I did, but does introduce an irrelevant negative flaw to the story as a whole.
Otherwise, the novel is a heart-warming illustration of community spirit, the value and joy in books and reading, kid-friendships, the progression from elementary to middle school grades, and best of all, kid-adventures in exploring unknown territory. The ghostly aspect is a great fun-tingle and the cat-talk with mice an effective device to introduce the ambience around mice and their part of the story. I still have no idea how engaged kids will be with the story and whether they'll read far enough to be sucked into the mystical world presented here.… (altro)