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The Quilt (Alida, #3)
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This book is called "The Quilt", by Gary Paulsen. The genre of this book is fiction. This book was about love. It introduced the theme in many places: Mothers and their children, Husbands and their wives, even a boy and his dog.
At the beginning of the book, a boy has just went to live with his grandmother. His mother is unstable and his father is off in the war. He enjoys staying with his grandmother although sometimes he misses his mother. They get called to go help a lady named Kristina and the boy likes to help her. Kristina is heavily pregnant so she needs help working on the farm while her husband, Olaf, is away at war. In the middle of the book, Kristina starts to have her bay and the boy hears all these awful noises coming from the upstairs bedroom. He likes to stay outside an play with Jake, the dog, and play robbers and cowboys with the chickens and cats. All these women start coming to help with the baby that's on its way. Right before Kristina has her baby, the ladies pull out a quilt that has all these people's names on it. The women tell him stories of all the people, who have all passed away, as his grandmother explains. At the end of the book, Kristina finally has her baby and names him Olaf after his father and grandfather. They get right back to chores almost immediately afterwards. A few weeks later, two men pull up in a long black car and they have o tell Kristina that her husband has passed from the war. She is so upset by this that she cant even function for the rest of the day. Even the boys grandmother starts crying. I feel that at least everyone can make the connection of losing someone to this book.
I think that this book was ok. There could have been more detail overall. hat is why I gave this book 3 starts. It also jumps around a lot. The author is a very talented writer but he needs to keep all of his ideas together.
This book is called "The Quilt", by Gary Paulsen. The genre of this book is fiction. This book was about love. It introduced the theme in many places: Mothers and their children, Husbands and their wives, even a boy and his dog.
At the beginning of the book, a boy has just went to live with his grandmother. His mother is unstable and his father is off in the war. He enjoys staying with his grandmother although sometimes he misses his mother. They get called to go help a lady named Kristina and the boy likes to help her. Kristina is heavily pregnant so she needs help working on the farm while her husband, Olaf, is away at war. In the middle of the book, Kristina starts to have her bay and the boy hears all these awful noises coming from the upstairs bedroom. He likes to stay outside an play with Jake, the dog, and play robbers and cowboys with the chickens and cats. All these women start coming to help with the baby that's on its way. Right before Kristina has her baby, the ladies pull out a quilt that has all these people's names on it. The women tell him stories of all the people, who have all passed away, as his grandmother explains. At the end of the book, Kristina finally has her baby and names him Olaf after his father and grandfather. They get right back to chores almost immediately afterwards. A few weeks later, two men pull up in a long black car and they have o tell Kristina that her husband has passed from the war. She is so upset by this that she cant even function for the rest of the day. Even the boys grandmother starts crying. I feel that at least everyone can make the connection of losing someone to this book.
I think that this book was ok. There could have been more detail overall. hat is why I gave this book 3 starts. It also jumps around a lot. The author is a very talented writer but he needs to keep all of his ideas together.
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