- Paperback: 212 pages
- Publisher: Modern Curriculum Pr (November 1986)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0813672023
- ISBN-13: 978-0813672021
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (122 customer reviews)
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From Publishers Weekly
Narrator Terry Bregy adopts an appropriately boyish tone for his reading of Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt, a Newbery Honor Book in 1965. Bregy compels readers to hear young Jethro Creighton's account of how the horrifying events of the Civil War changed life on his family's Illinois farm, even so many miles from the front lines. (Feb.)
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
From School Library Journal
Grade 4-8-Irene Hunt's Civil War novel (Berkley Pub., 1986) takes listeners from the first shots fired at Fort Sumter to Lincoln's assassination as seen through the eyes of a Southern Illinois farm boy. Jethro Creighton is nine when his close knit family learns that hostilities have broken out. As numerous male relatives go off to fight for the North and the South, and after his father falls ill, young Jethro takes responsibility for the family farm. With help from an older sister and neighboring farmers, he copes with attacks from local vigilantes, and he makes mature choices about a cousin who has deserted the army. Hunt artfully transforms her grandfather's childhood experiences into a powerful story of family love and the challenges of war. He also weaves a great deal of historical information into this Newbery Honor Book, and adds a generous measure of old-fashioned country wisdom as well. Terry Bregy provides a reliable, low key narration of the descriptive text. Cassettes and case are sturdy and well marked, with simple, but effective cover art. Recorded Books' audiobook of Across Five Aprils (March 2002, p. 85) is narrated by Tom Stechschulte whose voice has a stronger regional sound and provides more distinctive voices. Audio Bookshelf's version, also available in CD format, is strengthened by placing a valuable author's note at the beginning of the story. Either recording of Across Five Aprils will be a valuable addition to libraries where nonprint material on the Civil War is needed.
Barbara Wysocki, Cora J. Belden Library. Rocky Hill, CT
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.
Barbara Wysocki, Cora J. Belden Library. Rocky Hill, CT
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.
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Ellen Creighton and her nine-year-old son, Jethro, were planting potatoes in the half-acre just south of their cabin that morning in mid-April 1861; they were out in the field as soon as breakfast was over, and southern Illinois at that hour was pink with sunrise and swelling redbud and clusters of bloom over the apple orchard across the road. Read the first page
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Ellen Creighton and her nine-year-old son, Jethro, were planting potatoes in the half-acre just south of their cabin that morning in mid-April 1861; they were out in the field as soon as breakfast was over, and southern Illinois at that hour was pink with sunrise and swelling redbud and clusters of bloom over the apple orchard across the road. Read the first page
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1.0 out of 5 stars
this book TOOK five aprils to read!,
By Julie (NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Across Five Aprils (Mass Market Paperback)
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt was so boring! We read it in our 7th grade English class, and it took us so long because it was not exciting at all! I realize that some of us might not have grasped the concept of the book, but ive always been a good 'reader', and i thought this book was hard to understand and just plain dull.
1.0 out of 5 stars
NOT for Middle Schools,
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This review is from: Across Five Aprils (Mass Market Paperback)
I read this book in 7th grade as a part of the Civil War Unit of the History Curriculum. YUCK!! It was torture. I am now a middle school teacher and can not fathom how any teacher would force this book on a kid. I have not reread it as an adult and have no intention in doing so. However, this novel is rated at a 7th grade reading level, but I strongly suggest that no 7th grader is subjected to this book.
5.0 out of 5 stars
This was the best book iv'e read in a long time,
By A Customer
This review is from: Across Five Aprils (Mass Market Paperback)
This book I had to do for summer reading. My story is actually very ironic. In the beginning I didnt want to read the book because people who have previously read it were saying that this was the worst book ever. So I blew the book off and totally forgot about it. And when it was two days before the first day of school I relised that I still have yet to read the book. So i found out how many chapters were in the book and made a reading schedule. So I read six chapters a day. But when I got to chapter three I relized how good this book really is. It was soo heartfelt and real. I literally felt as if i was sitting rite next to Jethro and Bill in the field. It was a really strong story and plot line. I could feel the anger, the sadness, and the fear in this book. And when I finally came to the end of the book I didnt want the story to end. I wanted more. I wanted to know what happened to Bill and Eb. I wanted to know if Shadrach and Jenny had any children. I wanted the story to last forever. That is the best book that I have ever read in my entire life. And I would read a thousand times over if I could. I recomend this book for anyone who is from the age 13 up and to anyone who is interested in how the people lived in the Civil War when they weren't the ones fighting in it. So that is why I give Across Five Aprils five out of five stars.
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