Alida's Song - Hardcover

Paulsen, Gary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 038532586X ISBN 13: 9780385325868

Publisher: Delacorte Pr, 1999

Synopsis

When his grandmother offers her fourteen-year-old grandson an escape from his difficult homelife by giving him a job on her farm, he soon finds time to reflect on his life in the peaceful environment and learns valuable lessons about himself in the process.

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Review:

"Leisurely paced and never melodramatic, the slender plot is as integral ... as the glowing character of the grandmother, whose goodness intensifies. "-Booklist

"This is an affectionate character study that will appeal to readers moved by The Cookcamp, wherein they first met Alicia."
-The Bulletin, Recommended

From the Back Cover:

The wonderful grandmother whom readers saw through the eyes of a young boy in The Cookcamp reaches out to him when he is fourteen, offering him a haven from his harsh and painful family life. She arranges a summer job for him on the farm where she is a cook for Gunnar and Olaf, bachelor brothers. Farm life offers the camaraderie and routine of hard work, good food, peaceful evenings spent making music together, even learning to dance. Life with Alida gives the boy strength and faith in himself, drawing him away from the edge and into the center of life.

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Pr
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 038532586X
• ISBN 13: 9780385325868
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 88