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Quirky details and a warm, precocious 12-year-old narrator add up to an engaging and imaginative novel. While the plot is seemingly straightforward, the unnamed narrator subtlyAoccasionally too subtlyAdivulges clues to the inner workings of her life. The story begins as she finds an injured rabbit in her front yard and works hard to help him recover. She feeds Orwell apples, plays him a concert on her trombone and eventually secures the aid of a kindly vet who restores movement to the rabbit's back legs. Orwell repays her by sending secret messages in the newspaper horoscopes, on the weather page and even in movie credits. Ranging from prophetic to practical to philosophical, the messages eventually teach her that "there is always more than one way of looking at things." Between Orwell's bulletins, the narrator off-handedly addresses less mystical dramas, such as her father's sudden unemployment and her loneliness at a new school. She delivers these details with great delicacy, as though she doesn't want to bother her audience ("My father's job during this troublesome time in our lives consisted primarily of buying lottery tickets"). The audience will have to study her words carefully to get the full picture, but the surface layer of the story is intriguing in and of itself. Ages 10-14. (Sept.)
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Grade 5-9-When a seventh-grade girl discovers an injured rabbit resting on the morning newspaper, she decides to nurse it back to health and names it Orwell. The narrator, who remains nameless, is intelligent, inquisitive, observant, perceptive, and blessed with an understanding family. She takes good care of the animal and eventually figures out that he is communicating with her through personalized messages in the daily horoscope section of the newspaper that is delivered to her house. Some of the communications are instructive ("THE MEANING OF LIFE IS TO SEE") and some foretell the future (listing the winning lottery numbers). The narrator soon realizes that Orwell is her treasure and that his wisdom lightens the burden of being 12. She is confronted by real questions-who am I and who will I be, are my parents for real, and will the tousle-haired boy like me-but she faces them with humor and hope and the support of her family. The story line is straightforward and entertaining. Jennings writes with natural grace and has a clear understanding of the concerns of this age group. Each element of the plot flows naturally into the next stage as the narrator learns how to care for those around her and to appreciate the fact that "-nothing really ends, it just keeps on changing." A challenging and thought-provoking novel.
Judith Everitt, Orchard Hill Elementary School, Skillman, NJ
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Quirky details and a warm, precocious 12-year-old narrator add up to an engaging and imaginative novel. While the plot is seemingly straightforward, the unnamed narrator subtlyAoccasionally too subtlyAdivulges clues to the inner workings of her life. The story begins as she finds an injured rabbit in her front yard and works hard to help him recover. She feeds Orwell apples, plays him a concert on her trombone and eventually secures the aid of a kindly vet who restores movement to the rabbit's back legs. Orwell repays her by sending secret messages in the newspaper horoscopes, on the weather page and even in movie credits. Ranging from prophetic to practical to philosophical, the messages eventually teach her that "there is always more than one way of looking at things." Between Orwell's bulletins, the narrator off-handedly addresses less mystical dramas, such as her father's sudden unemployment and her loneliness at a new school. She delivers these details with great delicacy, as though she doesn't want to bother her audience ("My father's job during this troublesome time in our lives consisted primarily of buying lottery tickets"). The audience will have to study her words carefully to get the full picture, but the surface layer of the story is intriguing in and of itself. Ages 10-14. (Sept.)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From School Library Journal
Grade 5-9-When a seventh-grade girl discovers an injured rabbit resting on the morning newspaper, she decides to nurse it back to health and names it Orwell. The narrator, who remains nameless, is intelligent, inquisitive, observant, perceptive, and blessed with an understanding family. She takes good care of the animal and eventually figures out that he is communicating with her through personalized messages in the daily horoscope section of the newspaper that is delivered to her house. Some of the communications are instructive ("THE MEANING OF LIFE IS TO SEE") and some foretell the future (listing the winning lottery numbers). The narrator soon realizes that Orwell is her treasure and that his wisdom lightens the burden of being 12. She is confronted by real questions-who am I and who will I be, are my parents for real, and will the tousle-haired boy like me-but she faces them with humor and hope and the support of her family. The story line is straightforward and entertaining. Jennings writes with natural grace and has a clear understanding of the concerns of this age group. Each element of the plot flows naturally into the next stage as the narrator learns how to care for those around her and to appreciate the fact that "-nothing really ends, it just keeps on changing." A challenging and thought-provoking novel.
Judith Everitt, Orchard Hill Elementary School, Skillman, NJ
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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All my life, I have been a person who wakes up with the birds. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
new veterinarian, newspaper truck, secret knock, weather page, new pillow, other rabbits Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Super Bowl, Imperial Garden, Year of the Rabbit, Science City, Help Wanted, Valentine's Day New!
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All my life, I have been a person who wakes up with the birds. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
new veterinarian, newspaper truck, secret knock, weather page, new pillow, other rabbits Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Super Bowl, Imperial Garden, Year of the Rabbit, Science City, Help Wanted, Valentine's Day New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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