Customer Reviews

Love among the Walnuts

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I bought this on the strength of the short description in my list of recommendations, and am I ever glad I did. I don't know when I've enjoyed such a delightful book. The plot is deceptively simple, and, with the exception of a couple of minor characters who are not well-defined, the dramatis personae are engagingly eccentric but poignant. In the end good triumphs over evil and the main character shows growth making for a satisfying conclusion.

Since I have a teaching background, I was doubly drawn to this book as I continually found things in it that would make it perfect to use in the classroom. It would make a great readaloud and provide lots of fodder for discussion and literary extensions such as connecting it to a study on books of quotations, or as part of a unit on families.

Jean Ferris did a great job on this book. It was funny and hard to put down.If you like this book you'll love her other book Once Upon a Marigold.

i loved this book! i couldn't put it down. it was the most creative book i've ever read! Jean Ferris did a very good job using her imagination when she wrote this book, and i just enjoyed every minute of it. i would highly reccomend it to anyone looking for a fictional adventure book!

Two money loving uncles, Bart and Bernie, try to squadder the family fountune. A poisened cake puts almost the entier family in to a coma, exapt for Sandy, the son, and Bently, the butler. They check them into the nuthouse next door, and soon get to know the inmates, while trying to gather evidence to arresst the uncles. I recomend this to any young adult reader.

If you have not read "Love Amoung the Walnuts" you definitely must! It is a wonderful book filled with many different emotions. It was certainly a funny book but it had meaning to it. I was never bored when I read this book. It kept me turing the pages the whole way through. I met all the charcters and I felt like I knew them well. I recommend this book for all ages and sexs. It is one of the best books I have read and I'm looking forward to reading more books by Jean Ferris.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and think it will keep young reader's attention. It's engaging and refreshing. In the right hands, it will make an entertaining film. I don't want to say anything about the plot...just read it!!!

I can't recall any young adult books with no kids in them, but here is one. And it is a delightful one. The book reminds me of books from the 30s and 40s, for some reason. It's hard to pin down, although it takes place in modern times.

There are lessons to be learned here, but no preaching, something that is rare in YA fiction. The characters are lovely and well-portrayed.

Thend ending is not surprising, nor is it very unique. It's predictable. But the events in the novel will keep any reader very interested.

Will kids like a book with no kids? They'll like this one.

We read this book back in 2006 safter checking it out at the library and now we are reading it again as a family after buying a copy of our own from Amazon.. Our whole family enjoys the story line and plot of the book. We wish they would make a movie about this book.
We have already picked out the actresses and actors we would like to play certain parts. Read it for yourself and you will know exactly what I mean.

This book is amazing. I read it for the first time in 2000 then gave it away for a friend to read. They liked it so much that I never got it back! I found it again in 2005 and reread it then. This book teaches the lesson that money isn't everything and happiness can be found in the most unlikely of places. I recommend it to all of the people in my life who need to hear this message.

Book came in great condition in a short amount of time. Would buy from seller again.