Our last meeting was small but
terrific. After a delicious dinner of Anne's famous Holiday Lasagna and tasty
sides and desserts brought by all we had a great discussion. For the first time
in recent memory, we all agreed on both books!
Re: Son, the Lois Lowery
book, we felt that although it was beautifully written, there was some
disconnect between the three 'worlds' the book portrays. None of us liked the
idea of the 'Trademaster,' and pretty much everything that happened after
'Claire' met him. Many felt that it was a definite 'mother' book, especially
knowing that Lowery had lost her own son in a terrible accident, and was maybe
trying to reconcile her feelings about that. We didn't feel that it really
'wrapped up' the story of The Giver as we had hoped it would. .....and
so it goes.
As for the picture book, Zen
Shorts, we also all agreed that although Muth's illustrations were quite
wonderful, the story (actually 4 stories) itself left a bit to be desired. We
thought the three 'fables' (the Zen Shorts) could have stood alone, and really
had little to do with the 'story' of the three siblings.....which we thought was
pretty weak. We weren't sure how much today's kids would actually 'get' the
fables, but we thought that being exposed to them was a good idea.
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