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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

A-Z Wednesday


A-Z Wednesday is hosted by Vicky of Reading at the Beach. To join, look here.

This weeks letter is: L

The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge

Book Description:
When orphaned young Maria Merryweather arrives at Moonacre Manor, she feels as if she's entered Paradise. Her new guardian, her uncle Sir Benjamin, is kind and funny; the Manor itself feels like home right away; and every person and animal she meets is like an old friend. But there is something incredibly sad beneath all of this beauty and comfort--a tragedy that happened years ago, shadowing Moonacre Manor and the town around it--and Maria is determined to learn about it, change it, and give her own life story a happy ending. But what con one solitary girl do?

My thoughts:
I read this aloud to my son a couple of years ago for school. While reading I realized that the story was a fantasy, a genre that has never appealed to me so I usually avoid it. I almost gave up on the story, but decided that since my son was enjoying it so much I would press on. Boy, was I glad I did! I really, really enjoyed the story and I look forward to reading it aloud in a year or two for my younger kids.

10 comments:

  1. I love it when a book that doesn't excite you very much ends up being really good!!

    Thanks for playing!

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  2. Glad you ended up liking it (I'm not too much into fantasy either...)
    Here's my book

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  3. I have really come to like YA fantasy this year and will check this one out.

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  4. It's funny how kids can get you to read things you never would have touched, but still end up enjoying.

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  5. Awww! Cute book! :)

    Here's mine:

    http://shoredebris.blogspot.com/2009/10/z-wednesday-from-reading-at-beach_28.html

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  6. It looks like a sweet book. Glad you enjoyed it.

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  7. Sounds like a good one! Going to have to put it on my list of what to get for my little cousins.

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  8. I love reading YA, and fantasy is sounding better all the time.
    Here is mine.

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  9. what a nice find, I love fantasy so I'm going to look into this one. Thanks for stopping by today.

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