The Silver Pencil (Newbery Library, Puffin) [Mass Market Paperback]

Alice Dalgliesh (Author)

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 235 pages
• Publisher: Puffin (August 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140347925
• ISBN-13: 978-0140347920
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,355,435 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Silver Pencil, October 8, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Silver Pencil (Newbery Library, Puffin) (Mass Market Paperback)

The book was given to me by my cousin, Haley. I needed to do a book report on a book for school and I came across it. So I did it for a book report. I thought it was a wonderful book and very exciting to see what might happen next.

Janet is the main character and lives in Trinidad but then she moves to England. Her father gives her a silver pencil for Christmas. After Christmas, her father dies. She was very sad. She came to America to attended college to become a kindergarden teacher. She wrote a story with her silver pencil and got it published. She liked to write and wrote many stories.

It was a very interesting book and one that one would not want to put down. I recommend this book to teenagers as well as younger children who love to read. It would be an encouragement to anyone who likes to write stories.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful story for all ages!, July 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Silver Pencil (Hardcover)

I loved this book! It is, among other things, the touching story of a young woman's talent for writing and is great at describing the feeling of the era in which the book is set. Trying to squish the book's good points into a 1,000 word paragraph is impossible so I have one suggestion: Read the book! It will delight and enchant all generations... definitely a 5 star book!

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I read this book and it is a great book!, October 29, 1999

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Kristin (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Silver Pencil (Newbery Library, Puffin) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is a great book. It deals with a lot of good situations.The little girl is an extremly good writer. She moves from her home to scotland with her mother after the death of her father.Then they move back to England and she moves to Americia to become a teacher.There she moves in with a family and falls in love with the oldest son Stephen. Then they have to try and keep their love a secret.