The Mighty Miss Malone
Autor Christopher Paul Curtisen Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 mar 2013 – vârsta până la 12 ani
Prin lectura romanului The Mighty Miss Malone, copiii vor experimenta o călătorie emoționantă despre curaj și loialitate familială în vremuri de restriște. Credem că forța acestui text rezidă în vocea autentică a Dezei Malone, o fetiță remarcabil de inteligentă care refuză să lase sărăcia Marii Depresiuni să îi definească viitorul. Într-o perioadă în care tatăl ei este nevoit să plece în căutarea muncii, iar familia ajunge să locuiască într-o tabără improvizată, cititorii vor descoperi ce înseamnă cu adevărat motto-ul lor: „o familie în drum spre un loc numit minunat”. Remarcăm felul în care autorul Christopher Paul Curtis echilibrează realitățile dure ale anului 1936 cu momente de umor și speranță, oferind o perspectivă istorică necesară asupra experienței afro-americane. Copiii care au iubit Bud, Not Buddy vor găsi aici aceeași atmosferă caldă și personaje memorabile, într-un context nou care pune în lumină forța feminină. Spre deosebire de alte lucrări din Christopher Paul Curtis 3-Book Boxed Set, care explorează adesea dinamica dintre băieți, acest volum se concentrează pe parcursul de maturizare al Dezei, oferind o perspectivă complementară asupra aceleiași epoci dificile. Stilul narativ este fluid, cu un ritm care menține interesul viu, transformând o lecție de istorie într-o experiență umană profundă și accesibilă categoriei de vârstă 8-12 ani.
Preț: 52.56 lei
Carte disponibilă
Livrare economică 10-24 august
Specificații
ISBN-10: 0440422140
Pagini: 307
Dimensiuni: 131 x 193 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.22 kg
Editura: RANDOM HOUSE CHILDREN'S BOOKS
V-ar putea interesa
-
The Frog Prince ContinuedJon ScieszkaPreț: 35.82 lei -
Return to SenderJulia AlvarezPreț: 53.61 lei -
Bud, Not BuddyChristopher Paul CurtisPreț: 52.06 lei -
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid TalesJon ScieszkaPreț: 117.19 lei -
The House on Maple StreetBonnie PryorPreț: 53.31 lei -
Preț: 120.68 lei -
Brian BoruMorgan LlywelynPreț: 62.66 lei -
The Guns of EasterGerard WhelanPreț: 62.54 lei -
Window of TimeKaren WeinbergPreț: 59.05 lei -
WishtreeKatherine ApplegatePreț: 93.26 lei -
Rabbit and Bear: The Pest in the Nest: Book 2Julian Gough-26%Preț: 42.36 lei57.15 lei -
Rabbit and Bear: Attack of the Snack: Book 3Julian Gough-26%Preț: 42.10 lei57.14 lei -
Sticker Dolly Dressing Horse ShowLucy BowmanPreț: 63.33 lei -
Sticker Dolly Dressing UnicornsFiona WattPreț: 63.09 lei -
Sticker Dolly Dressing FairiesLeonie PrattPreț: 62.98 lei -
Sticker Dolly Dressing MermaidsFiona WattPreț: 62.98 lei -
Sticker Dolly Dressing: TravelFiona WattPreț: 62.80 lei -
Henry and Mudge Collector's Set #2 (Boxed Set)Cynthia RylantPreț: 122.43 lei -
Franklin Is LostPaulette BourgeoisPreț: 36.81 lei -
Franklin FibsPaulette BourgeoisPreț: 37.67 lei -
Franklin's ValentinesPaulette BourgeoisPreț: 36.94 lei -
Franklin Goes to SchoolPaulette BourgeoisPreț: 37.09 lei -
El Béisbol Nos SalvóKen MochizukiPreț: 65.13 lei -
Land of Magic Sand SaltMaribeth DarbyPreț: 97.99 lei
De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm această carte părinților care doresc să le ofere copiilor o poveste despre reziliență și empatie. Cititorii vor câștiga o înțelegere mai profundă a istoriei prin ochii unui personaj de aceeași vârstă, învățând că demnitatea și iubirea pot triumfa chiar și în perioade de criză economică. Este o lectură formativă care stimulează discuții importante despre familie și perseverență.
Despre autor
Christopher Paul Curtis este un renumit scriitor american de literatură pentru copii, născut în 1953. Este celebru pentru capacitatea sa de a aduce istoria la viață prin personaje vibrante, fiind laureat al prestigioasei Newbery Medal pentru Bud, Not Buddy și autorul apreciatului roman The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963. Opera sa se concentrează frecvent pe experiențele familiilor afro-americane în momente cheie ale istoriei Statelor Unite, reușind să combine rigoarea istorică cu o sensibilitate narativă care l-a transformat într-un autor de referință pentru bibliotecile școlare și personale din întreaga lume.
Notă biografică
Extras
Journey to Wonderful
“Once upon a time . . .”
If I could get away with it, that’s how I’d begin every essay I write.
Those are the four best words to use when you start telling about yourself because anything that begins that way always, always finishes with another four words, “. . . they lived happily everafter.”
And that’s a good ending for any story.
I shut my dictionary and thesaurus and went back over my essay for the last time.
The best teacher in the world, Mrs. Karen Needham, had given us a assignment to write about our families. I knew, just like always, she was going to love mine. She’d only asked for two pages but this was our last essay for the year, so I wrote six.
Once upon a time . . . in Gary, Indiana, lived a family of three very special, very happy and uniquely talented people. I am the fourth member of that family and much too modest to include myself in such a grandiose description of their exalted number. But many people say I am of the same ilk and for that I remain internally grateful.
My mother, Mrs. Margaret “Peggy” Sutphen Malone, was born here in Gary, Indiana. She is willowy and radiant and spell-blindingly beautiful. She is also very intelligent. She has a great job cleaning for the Carsdale family. Yes, that Carsdale family! The family whose patriarch is the president of the Gary Citizens’ Bank.
Her most endearing trait is that she is the glue holding this family together.
“Deza?”
I jumped and my pencil flew out of my hand.
When I’m writing or reading a book, everything else around me disappears. Father says it’s because I’ve settled into what I’m doing, the same way my brother Jimmie does when he’s singing.
“Jimmie! I told you not to sneak up on me like that when I’m writing!”
He handed me the pencil. “I couldn’t help it, sis, you were so far gone. What’re you writing?”
“My last essay for Mrs. Needham.”
“You know, a lot of people are saying her not coming back to teach is the best thing that ever happened at Lincoln Woods School.”
“James Malone, if I ever give one-half a hoot what a lot of people are saying, you have my permission to slap me silly. Mrs. Needham is the best teacher in the world. Now, if you don’t mind. I never bother you when you’re singing, don’t bother me when I’m writing.”
“But lots of people love listening to me sing, Deza, seems to me like only you, that little pest Clarice Anne Johnson and Mrs. Needham like reading what you write.”
Jimmie is one of those people who can say something that might sound mean at first, but when he smiles and makes his eyebrows jump up and down you can’t help smiling. He gets this deep, deep dimple in his right cheek and you end up laughing right along with him.
My dearest friend, Clarice Anne Johnson, has a horrible and completely un-understandable crush on Jimmie. She says she bets you could pour cornflakes in his dimple and eat them out with a spoon.
I’m hoping Clarice’s taste in boys improves as she gets older.
“Jimmie, please.”
“Sorry, sis. I’m heading out, can I do anything for you before I split?”
“No, thanks. Just make sure you’re back for supper.”
I looked at Mrs. Needham’s instructions again. “What is the most annoying trait of some of your family members?”
That was easy to come up with for Father and Jimmie, but I couldn’t think of a single annoying trait for Mother. I wrote:
Mother’s pet peeve is that she hates the way a lot of people are mean to Jimmie for no reason.
Her dreams are to see Father get a job where he doesn’t always get laid off, for Jimmie to start growing again and be happy and to watch me graduate from college and be a teacher.
My father, Mr. Roscoe Malone, was born in a village in Michigan called Flint, which is geologically located 250 miles northeast of Gary. For some reason that none of us can understand he is very proud of this. He is tall and strikingly handsome, he’s also intelligent and well-read.
He toils and labors mostly for the Company doing work in a horribly hot furnace and sometimes being a janitor.
His most annoying trait is the way he uses alliteration every chance he has.
I looked up from my paper. That is so true, but I wondered for a minute if I should put it in the essay. It isn’t like he can help himself.
He always calls me his Darling Daughter Deza, and I’m supposed to answer that he is my Dearest Delightful Daddy. He calls Jimmie the Genuine, Gentle Jumpin’ Giant, and Jimmie’s supposed to call him his Fine Friendly Father Figure. Father also calls Mother the Marvelous Mammalian Matriarch, but she says she won’t respond because she refuses to play silly word games with such a “hardheaded husband who hasn’t heard how horrible he is.”
Mother told me, “Such nonsense is in the blood of the Malones and you should be happy that so far it looks like you haven’t inherited any of it.”
She says Jimmie is a different story.
I tapped the pencil on my teeth. I know it’s rude and disloyal to discuss family business with other people, but Mrs. Needham says good writing is always about telling the truth.
Descriere scurtă
Recenzii
Kirkus Reviews Best Teen's Book of 2012
Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, December 15, 2011:
“Deza is one great heroine in her own right, a fitting literary companion to Bud Caldwell.”
Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, December 12, 2011:
“Though the resolution of the family’s crisis is perhaps far-fetched, some readers will feel they are due a bit of happiness; others will be struck by how little has changed in 75 years for the nation’s have-nots.”
From the Hardcover edition.