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Iggie's House (G.K. Hall large print for young readers)

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This is a story about a girl named Winnie that soon finds out you cannot judge a book by its cover. Her bestfriend moved to Japan and the new people that moved in were black. Being the first black family in the neighborhood, it made many people very upset. Mrs. Landan was a neighbor that was so upset she wanted to get a petition signed to make them move away. After a short time the new kids,Glenn, Herbie, and Tina, became friends with Winnie. When this happened, Winnie decided to help get them to stay and for people to be nice to them. At the end of the story the new family ended up staying and the mean Mrs. Landan moved away. It was perfect.

I loved the story because it was easy to read and interesting. I can't imagine not liking someone because they were a different color then me. I liked Winnie because she figured this out before anyone. I am glad it is not like that where I live. I recommend it to kids 9 and up only and I think adults should read it too if they are like Mrs. Landan.

"Iggie's House" is about an 11-year-old girl, Winnie Barringer, who befriends her new neighbors (the Garbers, who have two sons--Glenn and Herbie--and a daughter--Tina) when her best friend (Iggie) moves out of the house they move into. While Winnie doesn't have a problem with the Garbers being black, several of her neighbors do since the area had always been occupied by white residents. So out of loyalty to her new friends, Winnie sets out to crusade against the racism in her neighborhood.

Although "Iggie's House" isn't my favorite Judy Blume book (though I doubt I'll ever give her less than 5 stars on any book), she's great at tackling social problems, such as racism in this book, showing how children typically see things in just black and white, so to speak. Though prejudices aren't as easily overcome as shown here, "Iggie's House" is still a great learning tool for preteens.

Parts of this book were dull, but overall, we liked this book. We thought it was interesting to read about the changes in race relations in the 1960s. Winnie was nice to the Garbers -- a black family who moved into her friend Iggie's old house. Everyone else was rude and mean because they didn't like black people. We think it was because they were afraid of change.

Winnie doesn't like it that people are rude to the Garbers. She makes a petition that she hopes will defend them.

The book was somewhat dull because Winnie and the Garbers did not have adventures. For example, they sneaked into a house under construction. That scene could have been more interesting. They could have gotten lost in the house or they could have gotten caught by the police or the workers. Instead, they played and left. The scene didn't seem to have a purpose.

Because the book was so short, we felt like we didn't really know Winnie. We know that she is a tomboy, that she hates being dressed up, and she lets her hair hang in her face. But we don't feel like we kneow who she is on the inside. Her parents are conservative and afraid of new things. Winnie is not like her parents in this way. She is very sensitive. She gets angry and upset easily by things she thinks are unfair.

We would recommend this book for classes who are studying civil rights. We would not recommend this book for fun reading because it is not exciting enough.

This book is short and you can read it in a couple of days or if you love to read it may only take you a couple of hours. The book is about a girl named Winnie whose best friend moves away and her best friends house is sold to a black family named the Gerbers. Know one in the neighborhood likes them. Every one in their neighborhood is white.

This book teaches a valuable lesson that color of skin does not matter. You can hang out with who ever you want no matter what your nationality . Some people think skin color matters and that black people and white people shouldn't hang out together. This book teaches you that it's okay to.

Iggie's House is one of my most favorite Judy Blume books.This book is about a girl named Winnie that becomes friends with the Garber children , Tina, Glenn,and Herbie, who live in Winnie's old friends house named Iggie. There's only one problem. Mrs. Landon (a.k.a. Mrs. Germs) doesn't want the Garbers to live in the neighborhood because they are black. Some parts that I really disliked was when Mrs. Germs put a mean sign in the Garbers front yard. Another part I really disliked was when Winnie slaps Herbie in the face. See if their problems are solved. I hope you will enjoy this book!!!!!

Iggie's House is about a girl named Winnie Barringer and
her best friend Iggie who has moved away. When Winnie finds out that the new family next door is black, Winnie gets really exicted, but not everybody is happy. Mrs.Landon (or Germs Inc.) is putting out a petition to send the Garbers away just because they're black. So when the going gets tough, Winnie tries to do something about it.
What I think about this book is that it can teach you about how hard minorities have it sometimes. It's a wonderful book and teaches you not to judge a person by how they look. I recommend that if you want to read this book you should not be predjudiced and if you are it would teach you a lesson. I loved it and it's a great book to read again and again.

First of all I have to be honest and write down that I read this book in my current age of 34...so what I write may not be right for someone who is in the right age for this book, but I also write as one who used to love Judie Bloom's books at all times. I find this book too politicly correct, so much trying to be "correct" that it isn't interesting, it does not deal with real people. This book is too schematic, with the same stereotyped characters - one "good" "ideal" family (Iggies's) one "bad" family with all the old fashioned ideas and the one in the middle - the writer's family. I did not like this book.

This book is short and you can read it in a couple of days or if you love to read it may only take you a couple of hours. The book is about a girl named Winnie whose best friend moves away and her best friends house is sold to a black family named the Gerbers. Know one in the neighborhood likes them. Every one in their neighborhood is white.

This book teaches a valuable lesson that color of skin does not matter. You can hang out with who ever you want no matter what your nationality . Some people think skin color matters and that black people and white people shouldn't hang out together. This book teaches you that it's okay to.

Winnie (the main character)wakes up one day and meets the new people you moved into her best friend's house. There the only african-american people living in her neighborhood. I love the way Winnie says that it's okay if a black family lives in their neighborhood. Everyone was trying to get of them. I was interested in this book because it had a light humor and Winnie was always trying to make things right. I didn't like the way other neighbors would insult the black family. At least most of this book was kind-hearted. Judy Blume did a wonderful job writing this book with meaning.

Iggie's House begins as a pleasant read with an easily-accessible character and believably enjoyable high-jinks as Winnie grapples with the racism she didn't realize existed in her town, in her parents, and in herself. A moral could be smoothly inserted without even seeming terribly pedantic. However, the final few chapters, suffer a tremendous breakdown.

Blume chooses to treat the reader as an untrusting parent would treat an irresponsible child by not explaining any meaningful rationale behind the various parties' decisions regarding moving away. Moreover, the physical telling of the conclusion involves surprisingly messy narration and unfocused dialogue. The nice setup is unfortunately wasted.