Jonathan Livingston Seagull

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AL1986, August 20, 2010 (view all comments by AL1986)
My eighth-grade year was terrible. I was a very awkward 13-year-old. I felt like I was doomed to this awkward existence and resigned myself to the job of odd man out amongst my friends. At a very depressing point that year my father called me into the living room. He had a dusty, nearly collapsed box on the coffee table. He said, "I have something that I want to share with you," as he reached into the box. "I felt just like you when I was young, someone gave me this book, it helped me." Then he carefully set a small paperback book in my hands, Jonathan Livingston Seagull. It was held together with a rubber band because most of the pages were falling out. This book has a special place on my bookshelf now, with a few more rubber bands and tape holding it together. I need to buy a new copy just so I can have a readable copy in the house. I wish this book was required reading in school.

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sigridt, August 19, 2008 (view all comments by sigridt)
If you know of someone who is at a loss because they are told they are different, this book may help.
It tells us that there are always better options around – if only we try. And “try” – being an operative word – is not such a bad thing. To try to do better, to try to know more, to try to be the best that you can be – are these really too much to ask?

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paultoar, May 12, 2008 (view all comments by paultoar)
This book is about unlimited possibilities within each one of us. It is about the joy of persistence, it is about the about the joy of growing, it is about the joy of achieving high goals and still be aware that much more lies ahead. It is about the strength of the spirit, it is about moving on and forward and up without limitations.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780380012862

Illustrated by:

Munson, Russell

Publisher:

Avon

Photographer:

Munson, Russell

Author:

Bach, Richard

Author:

Halberstam, David

Location:

New York

Subject:

Literary

Subject:

Fiction

Subject:

Children's fiction

Subject:

Animals - Birds

Subject:

Gulls

Subject:

General Fiction

Series Volume:

121.

Publication Date:

19760101

Binding:

Mass Market Paperbound

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

128

Dimensions:

6.87x4.19x.32 in. .21 lbs.