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Through training an elephant, the first ever seen in early 1800's Massachusetts, orphan Will begins to feel important for the first time in his life.
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Through training an elephant, the first ever seen in early 1800's Massachusetts, orphan Will begins to feel important for the first time in his life.
评论 (6)
《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 4-6 Here we have Will, 12, living in a small Massachusetts town in the early 1800s, a town where, by chance, the first elephant ever seen in New England is being kept for the winter. Will, living with his mother Maddy, a strange, lovely woman dying of consumption, is the one chosen to care for the huge beast, and after his mother's death, he moves into the stable to share its quarters. In spring, when a new owner arrives to tour with the elephant, Will determinedly follows on foot, sure in his inner self that his destiny and that of the elephant are intertwined. Chance proves him right. The warm, sympathy-building text will be slim enough to entice reluctant readers, and the story is compelling enough to keep children reading to the end. While Will and the other humans in the story are fictitious, the tale is based on an actual historical elephant, Old Bet, who toured with her owner, marching by night and being exhibited by day. A good addition to animal stories, and to historical fiction collections. Patricia Manning, East chester Public Library, N.Y. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus评论
The author of the well-received Stay Away from Simon! returns to the early 1800's to tell another powerful story about an outcast. Will, 12, is the son of frail, imaginative Maddy, who has raised him alone in their small Massachusetts town; her strangeness and their poverty have made him a target for bullies. As Maddy weakens (apparently she has tuberculosis), the Sandersons give Will a job in their general store. There, he meets Toong Talong, the first elephant ever seen locally, whose entrepreneur owner leaves her with the Sandersons for the winter. The strong relationship that Will develops with Toong and the competence and courage required to care for her help him to gain the other boys' respect, weather Maddy's death, and finally to take effective action when he is threatened with Toong's loss in the spring. In simple, evocative prose, Carrick captures the growing love between boy and beast while keeping their surroundings firmly realistic, skillfully making the story heartwarming yet unsentimental. Children will be intrigued to know that the story is based on a real 19th-century elephant. The frequent full-page drawings add drama, depth, and a strong sense of place. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Gr. 4-6. Carrick uses a real incident from the early 1800s as the basis for an unusual novel that is enlivened with carefully chiseled characters and a tightly honed plot. After his mother dies, Will Sleeper is taken in by the Sandersons, the village storekeeper and his wife, to become the general helper and feeder of an elephant they are boarding for the winter. Will's despair and loneliness are soothed somewhat by the friendship that develops between the boy and the elephant, Toong, and gradually the elephant learns to accept the boy's directions and even tolerates his rides on its back. But just when Will becomes comfortable with the Sandersons and with Toong, the animal is sold. Once again, Will feels deserted, but this time he leaves Cadbury, Massachusetts, to try and convince Toong's new owners, a traveling acrobat and his wife, to let him accompany them. Though the conclusion leaves some loose ends, it is a happy one for Will, and readers will feel satisfied. As she did in Stay Away from Simon [BKL Ag 85], Carrick presents a heartfelt historical novel that will prompt discussion when read aloud in the home or classroom. Author's background note appended; to include illustrations. BE.
《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 4-6 Here we have Will, 12, living in a small Massachusetts town in the early 1800s, a town where, by chance, the first elephant ever seen in New England is being kept for the winter. Will, living with his mother Maddy, a strange, lovely woman dying of consumption, is the one chosen to care for the huge beast, and after his mother's death, he moves into the stable to share its quarters. In spring, when a new owner arrives to tour with the elephant, Will determinedly follows on foot, sure in his inner self that his destiny and that of the elephant are intertwined. Chance proves him right. The warm, sympathy-building text will be slim enough to entice reluctant readers, and the story is compelling enough to keep children reading to the end. While Will and the other humans in the story are fictitious, the tale is based on an actual historical elephant, Old Bet, who toured with her owner, marching by night and being exhibited by day. A good addition to animal stories, and to historical fiction collections. Patricia Manning, East chester Public Library, N.Y. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus评论
The author of the well-received Stay Away from Simon! returns to the early 1800's to tell another powerful story about an outcast. Will, 12, is the son of frail, imaginative Maddy, who has raised him alone in their small Massachusetts town; her strangeness and their poverty have made him a target for bullies. As Maddy weakens (apparently she has tuberculosis), the Sandersons give Will a job in their general store. There, he meets Toong Talong, the first elephant ever seen locally, whose entrepreneur owner leaves her with the Sandersons for the winter. The strong relationship that Will develops with Toong and the competence and courage required to care for her help him to gain the other boys' respect, weather Maddy's death, and finally to take effective action when he is threatened with Toong's loss in the spring. In simple, evocative prose, Carrick captures the growing love between boy and beast while keeping their surroundings firmly realistic, skillfully making the story heartwarming yet unsentimental. Children will be intrigued to know that the story is based on a real 19th-century elephant. The frequent full-page drawings add drama, depth, and a strong sense of place. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Gr. 4-6. Carrick uses a real incident from the early 1800s as the basis for an unusual novel that is enlivened with carefully chiseled characters and a tightly honed plot. After his mother dies, Will Sleeper is taken in by the Sandersons, the village storekeeper and his wife, to become the general helper and feeder of an elephant they are boarding for the winter. Will's despair and loneliness are soothed somewhat by the friendship that develops between the boy and the elephant, Toong, and gradually the elephant learns to accept the boy's directions and even tolerates his rides on its back. But just when Will becomes comfortable with the Sandersons and with Toong, the animal is sold. Once again, Will feels deserted, but this time he leaves Cadbury, Massachusetts, to try and convince Toong's new owners, a traveling acrobat and his wife, to let him accompany them. Though the conclusion leaves some loose ends, it is a happy one for Will, and readers will feel satisfied. As she did in Stay Away from Simon [BKL Ag 85], Carrick presents a heartfelt historical novel that will prompt discussion when read aloud in the home or classroom. Author's background note appended; to include illustrations. BE.