April Stevens
Autore di Waking Up Wendell
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: Stevens and brother Nino Tempo, 1965
Opere di April Stevens
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1929-04-29
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Attività lavorative
- Singer
- Relazioni
- Tempo, Nino (brother)
Utenti
Recensioni
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 5
- Utenti
- 206
- Popolarità
- #107,332
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 15
- ISBN
- 25
- Lingue
- 1
Figgrotten is beautifully (enviably) un-self-conscious when the story begins. She wears the same thing every day and just wants to be outside all the time observing nature. Her favorite person is the very old man who drives her school bus.
As the story unfolds Figgrotten/Frances changes significantly and believably into a kid who takes an interest in her appearance and children her own age. Her relationship with her older sister evolves from hostile to understanding.
There's a death in this story that made me tear up, but I don't think this is a book about dealing with grieving a lost loved one as much as it's a story about how young hearts and minds change in the tumultuous tween years.
This also kind of randomly make me think of [b:Jeremy Draws a Monster|6399392|Jeremy Draws a Monster (Jeremy and the Monster)|Peter McCarty|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1316636531s/6399392.jpg|6588089] because it's also about a creative but lonely kid who finds his way to friends by the end of the book.… (altro)