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  • Age Range: 8 - 12 years
  • Grade Level: 3 - 7
  • Series: My One Hundred Adventures
  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Yearling (January 26, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0375855262
  • ISBN-13: 978-0375855269
  • ASIN: B006OHWG8M
  • Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.6 x 7.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,676,048 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 starsArtsy adults would have you believe children would like this!
By BkWyrm on December 28, 2008
Format: Hardcover
I have been a librarian for many, many years, and I can assure you that not one of my students would like this book! It is the kind of book that cerebral intellectuals would have you believe is "wonderful." Yes, there are a few interesting descriptions, and Jane's voice does have some honesty, but the situations she runs into seem very contrived, and her voice is more like an adult recalling a childhood summer than a child's thoughts in "real time." The "quirky" characters are shallow, self-absorbed, and often mean-spirited. Jane lapses into bouts of poetic reverie in between wondering if the next male vagrant she sees is her daddy or the father of one of her siblings.(Jane is not sure whether her sister and two brothers have the same father or different ones.)Jane cannot help her mother with her younger siblings, because Jane is black-mailed into babysitting a hoard of greasy children, while the children's mother takes on a waitressing job. Jane has to take them to the beach and wander through the neighborhood, because it is summertime and the children's father, the school's janitor, is drunk and violent back at their trailer home. Jane's mother, a poet who once won a Pulitzer (right!), never asks where Jane is all day, and no one apparently gets sunburned. Their female pastor ropes Jane into helping hand out free Bibles on Sundays, but the pastor is too wrapped up in herself and drags Jane to a roadside fortune teller, and later a "channeler," trying to validate whether she has the power to heal and is destined for "great" things. All of this is told with somber sincerity, as Jane ponders LIFE. This book is like a movie that doesn't know whether it is a comedy or a drama, and the elements jar with one another. A few adults may think this is high art, but for kids, it will be a snoozer-rama!
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3.0 out of 5 starsAn interesting read, but not really a childrens' book
By aliceknd on January 20, 2011
Format: Paperback
I thought this was meant to be a children's book, though I think it might be a bit too mature to be one. The subject matter is quite serious at times (including the unknown paternity of 4 siblings and their single mother who seems to be in love with all of them), though the "adventures" are mostly amusing.

I quite enjoyed it though. It was very entertaining.... a fun read.

Age Recommendation: 12 and up
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2.0 out of 5 starsNot appropriate, not interesting
By SHD on October 11, 2013
Format: Paperback
I agree with the commenters who said that this story is neither for children nor in a child's voice. I listened to it on CD with my kids, 7 and 8, and I really regretted it. There are scenes of incredibly vivid domestic abuse, alcoholism, barely any trustworthy adults, a death at sea witnessed by the child narrator that no one believes, the never-resolved questions of four children's paternity... A main plot of the story is that of a child who goes to extreme lengths to make up for an accident she thinks she caused and never confides in a trusted adult what she's doing or why she's doing it. That part may be realistic for older kids, but whoever decided it was appropriate for 8 year olds is, in my view, mistaken. Beyond the appropriateness issue, it is just not a very interesting or engaging story. Had I realized it was by the same author as The Vacation, another sad, rambling, weird story of neglectful parents, I would have skipped it.
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4.0 out of 5 starsCourtesy of Teens Read Too
By TeensReadToo on January 9, 2009
Format: Hardcover
Clever, lovely, and insightfully sharp, 12-year-old Jane is on a mission for one hundred adventures, and she is ready for them.

Her home is a permanent beach house that has doors that are always wide open, no matter the time of day or night or weather, and is delightful and homey. Jane loves her home and her family - her hopeless romantic mother and her three brothers and sisters.

But then a slew of possible fathers comes roaming around the beach, there's the coincidence of a dropped Bible on a baby's head, a gullible mother, and the question that maybe Nellie Phipps isn't really in the right mind as pastor and a responsible adult.

I loved this book. It is a slow paced one, but the tempo of this novel makes you savor it, and paints a detailed picture of one incredibly sharp girl.

MY ONE HUNDRED ADVENTURES is a charming read, and is very touching and endearing. Readers will identify with Jane, who longs for adventure and freedom, and her free-willed spirit and kind nature. Polly Horvath's style brings out the characters, such as the adults, painfully real, but somehow there is always this wishful feeling in her style, and I always felt as if there was maybe, just maybe, a touch of magic in her words.

I recommend this book for people who like simple stories about life and growing out of your innocence and into becoming a more responsible person. I know that people who love detail will enjoy this book, and it is wonderfully written, as well. But watch out - this tale is a little tricky, and there may be a few big words out there.

Reviewed by: Bailey - The Class
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Mystical, Lyrical Gem
By Ami Hassler on September 17, 2008
Format: Hardcover
My One Hundred Adventures is a cross between Jim Lynch's The Highest Tide and Joan Bauer's Hope Was Here. Surprises await in every chapter, making the reader want to quickly turn to the next page. By the same token, Horvath is so in-tune with her 12-year-old protagonist and the daily music of her summer days in a small Massachusetts beach town, that I found I also wanted to stop and read passages over and over again.

Jane is ready for adventure. She has spent all her years with her three younger siblings and her single mom in a wonderfully cozy house by the sea, but she is aching for something more. She's ready to leap into the "know-not-what" this summer. And leap she does with a first time solo ride in a hot-air balloon, a trip to the fair with her possible father, an almost road trip to California with an elderly neighbor, and a new friendship with Nellie, preacher and hopeful healer. Just by summoning a little positive energy and opening her front door, Jane's dreams for 100 adventures begin to come true.

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4.0 out of 5 starsNot Sugar Coated

Reviews are mixed for this adventure story by Polly Horvath. Exquisite descriptions, and eccentric characters push Jane, the twelve year-old heroine, into more adventures in a few... Read more

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Sometimes I forget what lyrical writing there is out there for young adults...this was a wonderful way to take a break from my usual fare.

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This is definitely a five star book! The story line is unpredictable, yet amusing! The philosophical side of it is simply delicious. Read more

Published on April 6, 2013 by Ava Brenneman
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my one hundred adventures is one hundred percent delightful! I plan to lend it out to friends and read it over and over again, myself.

Published on February 11, 2013 by valleyfaye
4.0 out of 5 starsEngaging adventure

Polly Horvath's book My One Hundred Adventures is about a girl looking for adventures during her summer vacation. She lives in a town with quirky people. Read more

Published on July 2, 2010 by thereader18
5.0 out of 5 starsMy One Hundred Adventures

I purchased "My One Hundred Advemtures" for my granddaughter, but I always read the books before sending them. Read more

Published on May 25, 2009 by Sharon L. Willasson
5.0 out of 5 starsI love My 100 Adventures!

My 100 Adventures is the best book I have ever read. I am 9 years old. It is very enjoyable. I think it is very funny. It is a great book for all ages. Read more

Published on February 21, 2009

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