In 1925 fourteen-year-old John, an Oklahoma farm boy, has to accept many changes in his life when his father takes a job on a pineapple plantation in Hawaii and the family moves there.
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Grade 6-10. Wallace has created a fish-out-of-water story by moving a boy and his family from Oklahoma to the Dole pineapple plantation in Hawaii in the 1920s. John Priddle and his parents find life in this tropical paradise strange, albeit beautiful, and discover themselves face to face with racism?of other white Americans against the native Hawaiians and the Asian immigrants working on the plantation. While the challenges of a young teen learning to deal with such hatred, as well as his new feelings toward a pretty Hawaiian girl named Carol (Kalola in Hawaiian), could be a powerful story, this one is average and unexciting. John's voice changes throughout the book?sometimes he uses a slang that is supposed to make him sound midwestern (one guesses). At other times, however, that slang disappears, and when it comes back, it is distracting. The novel begins very slowly, and reluctant readers won't get past the first few pages. James Dole makes a few cameos, but the remaining characters are fictitious. Some teens will enjoy the familiar emotions that John and Carol feel toward one another, and some may be interested in the Hawaiian culture and history. But sadly, there is not much here to hold the interest of most readers.?Dina Sherman, Brooklyn Children's Museum, NY
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Aloha Summer,
By Don Moore (Hollywood CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Aloha Summer (Hardcover)
I bought this book for my daughter before we went on a trip to Hawaii and afterwords she couldn't wait to arrive. She is already a HUGE Bill Wallace fan. If you read all of his other reviews you'll soon see why he is so loved by kids. Anyway, I thought the story my daughter told me was very interesting and so when we returned from Hawaii I myself read the book. The book was amazing. It depicted Hawaii as we saw it and related how it had been before all the developement. The characters were very real to life and I could see how my daughter could relate to the story. Hawaii is a magical place and so is this book. I read the Horn review and found it to be completely wrong so I just had to write one from a REAL reader and parent of a beloved fan. Not to mention a new fan-- ME!
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Aloha Summer!,
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This review is from: Aloha Summer (Hardcover)
Aloha Summer is very good. Actually, I think Bill Wallace is good. In fourth grade, I met Bill Wallace at the Belle Isle Public Library. I think Bill Wallace is very funny. He had some funny stories to tell. Bill Wallace is also a very nice man. I also got to see Bill Wallace's wife, Carol Wallace. I understand that Bill Wllace lives in Chickasha, Oklahoma. I also live in Oklahoma. I think Aloha Summer is the best book Bill Wallace has written.
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