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Original Essays | September 23, 2009

Stops: On Those Things My New Novel Forgot to Be About, Maybe

0 comments By Jonathan Lethem

For me, there's a weird, unfathomable gulf — I almost wrote gulp — between the completion of a novel and its publication. Some days this duration feels interminable, as though the book has... Continue »

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Jeane, June 4, 2008 (view all comments by Jeane)
This charming story is of an outlaw family of thieves, living in a forest. Ronia, the daughter, befriends a boy from an enemy group of robbers. Together they explore the forest, deliberately face their fears, and learn great lessons of love, trust and forgiveness. Full of strong emotions, very realistic characters, fantastic creatures and lots of adventure, this is a really enjoyable read. In some ways it's like a meeting of Peter Pan and Robin Hood. There's also a sense of the Romeo and Juliet story, because of the boy/girl friendship from rival, feuding families. This book will especially appeal to young girls because it features a young female protagonists who is admirably brave and resourceful, yet has her own human faults as well. I would have loved this book if I'd read it as a child, and plan to read it to my own daughter someday.

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Cindy Ann Alicia Miller, June 25, 2007 (view all comments by Cindy Ann Alicia Miller)
Despite their father?s immortal feud, forest ?roaming, nature loving Ronia rescues Birk from the abyss of Hell?s Gap and sparks an enduring, secret friendship. They forge through the dangers of rumphobs, murktrolls, bloodthirsty harpies, and the ignorance that divides their robber families in this fabulous, madcap, poignant romp.
This not -to -be missed masterpiece is a University of Minnesota Foreign Film Festival favorite.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780140317206

Translator:

Crampton, Patricia

Publisher:

Puffin Books

Translator:

Crampton, Patricia

Author:

Lindgren, Astrid

Author:

Crampton, Patricia

Location:

New York :

Subject:

General

Subject:

Fiction

Subject:

Children's fiction

Subject:

Robbers and outlaws

Subject:

Robbers and outlaws -- Fiction.

Subject:

Children's stories, Swedish.

Subject:

Action & Adventure - General

Subject:

Action & Adventure

Copyright:

c198

Series Volume:

Doc. no. 515

Publication Date:

February 1985

Binding:

Paperback

Grade Level:

Children/juvenile

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

176

Dimensions:

771x507x42 31

Age Level:

09-12