From Goodreads: The story of a deaf girl's connection to a whale whose song can't be heard by his species, and the journey she takes to help him. |
So many of these nominees just fall short in the endings.
Well, this is the best of the first four books from the Mark Twain Award list I've read so far. Song for a Whale successfully got me page-turning.
There is a couple of reasons why Song for a Whale does not earn a perfect score from this critic. First, in the middle of the book, author Lynn Kelly changed the mood of the story. It was like reading a completely different mood, where suddenly the focus is not on the main character, but on the cruise ship experience. Second, it just didn't seem like a realistic ending. I never bought the idea that Iris could create an underwater speaker, with all of its requirements and components, that would work in the manner required. That's not to mention that everything just comes together, down to the second, in a manner that I just could not believe.
So many of these nominees just fall short in the endings.
0 Comments
Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
Leave a Reply. |
AnthemThe Hoggatteer Revolution
is an extensive, award-winning, inimitable, digital platform for Encouraging and Developing the Arts, Sciences, and honest Christianity in the beautiful, friendly LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE This site is described as
"a fantastic site... chockablock full of interesting ideas, hilarious anecdotes, and useful resources." ...to like, bookmark, pin,
tweet, and share about the site... and check in regularly for new material, posted often before DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT! History in ResidenceElementary Schools: Bring Mr. Hoggatt into your classroom for a week of engaging and rigorous history programming with your students. LEARN MORE BUILDING BETTER
|