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Binding: PaperbackEAN: 9780689846236 ISBN: 0689846231 Label: Aladdin Manufacturer: Aladdin Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 528 Publication Date: September 01, 2001 Publisher: Aladdin Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Studio: Aladdin Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Glad I read it when I was olderI give this one 5 stars. It's one of the best books of its kind that I have ever read. I missed reading it when I was young and now I am glad that I did. Reading it at 50+ years of age, I think I appreciate it more than I would of at 12 or 13 and if you notice these reviews, that's the age of most of those giving the book 1 star. That's somewhat understandable though as this book is often required reading in school, and books you're assigned and tested on never go down as well as the ones you pick ... Read More Rating: - Part of growing upI read this book as a young person while still in school. Now, while picking some books for a 10 year old nephew who is becoming an avid reader, I read it again. It is a beautiful book but it made me cry at 74 as well as when I first read it at about 14. I now live close to the Rawlings home in Cross Creek and have a keener apreciation of the setting but the writing itself is what makes the book. Of course the story represents another era and a poor southern family but the characterizations are ... Read More Rating: - the yearlingreceived my books in excellent condition as described and in a reasonable amount of time Rating: - The YearlingThe Yearling is one of the most emotionally provocative classics I have ever had the fortune to come across. Being a 12 year old myself, I empathize greatly with our young hero, Jody Baxter, who resides in a dense florida scrub, leading an agrarian lifestyle with his father and mother. Coming of age in the savage, untamed heart of late ninteenth century Florida is not an easy task, and Jody will need to mature swiftly if he wants to survive in the wild enviorment that is his own. Luckily, many things ... Read More Rating: - I Feel Sorry for the So-Called "Kids" and Teens of the 1 StarI originally wasn't planning to write another review for amazon.com, but the movie of "The Yearling" was on TV last night. Remembering how it touched me, especially the sorrowful end, I decided to take a look at the reviews posted here. Most were brilliant, right to the point, and then I saw "kid's review" and a few others that found the book boring. Sorry, children, that in an age of Paris Hilton and Lindsey Lohan, not to mention strumpets like Britney and Jessica Simpson you ... Read More 
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