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Carregando... Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story (original: 1994; edição: 2007)de Mary Downing Hahn (Autor)
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Entertaining little time travel story. Starts off slow, but picks up towards the middle. ( ) Read this with my daughter for her required reading for 5th grade home school. It's a great jumping-off point for some history lessons, but the story itself is not super in-depth on those kinds of details. There are spots where it gets a little heavy since it deals with concepts like death, illness, aging, family conflict, and being an only child vs. having multiple siblings, but this, again, is a good way to start talking about these kinds of things. Definitely multiple directions you can take with a lesson plan, and many opportunities for cross-curricula teaching. The version I have even teaches you how to play "ringer" (old fashioned marble game), which is pretty cool, especially since it makes the book more interactive in a way, and therefore more concrete and interesting for kids less inclined to be inside reading (or an incentive to put down the book for a bit and get outside for us bookworms :) ). Christmas Eve 2010, preparations are all finished, the family settles down to watch television. 'Ghost Hunters'. Or whichever one is the one where the morons visit old buildings and dare ghosts to show themselves. If ghosts do exist, I don't think that douche tactics are going to provide great results. I needed to find some way to pass the time so, going into my old bedroom, I decided to pull out one of my old favorites that I've been meaning to reread. Fittingly enough, it was this ghost story. Mary Downing Hahn is one of those authors who has built a career on young books concerning the supernatural. She'll alternate or mix into the formula some social criticism and insight but don't expect anything too heavy. 'Time for Andrew' is a life swap, where Drew must switch places to save the life of Andrew, his cousin, who died 70+ years ago. The historical details (clothing, phrases, etiquette) are enough to give a sense of place , but the story is never bogged down by them. Reading this as an adult I'd like to have read more about Andrew's reaction to the world of the 1990s, but that might have upset the excellent pace Hahn keeps up throughout. While this book might not equal 'Wait Till Helen Comes' for spookiness, it's a fun read that sparked an effort on my part to get my friends interested in marbles. It didn't catch on, but I had a good time trying. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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When he goes to spend the summer with his great-aunt in the family's old house, eleven-year-old Drew is drawn eighty years into the past to trade places with his great-great-uncle who is dying of diptheria. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Google Books — Carregando... GênerosClassificação decimal de Dewey (CDD)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos E.U.A. (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia:
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