- Turtleback: 199 pages
- Publisher: Demco Media (April 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0606087095
- ISBN-13: 978-0606087094
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 16.7 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 717 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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From Publishers Weekly
In this beautifully rendered novel, Klass ( Wrestling with Honor ; A Different Season ) transforms an abstract environmental issue into a compelling story of a boy in transition from adolescence to adulthood. The book owes some of its success to how the author sidesteps dogmatism while still making clear his environmentalist point of view. The protagonist, John Rodgers, has to face three troubling facts. First, his father, with whom John has never really gotten along, has been diagnosed with leukemia and is likely to die soon. Second, John has discovered a new species of butterfly and wants to preserve it, but the butterfly lives on land owned by the local mill, and any governmental protection of the area will be bitterly resisted by the entire town, including John's parents. And finally, John has fallen in love with his high school biology teacher, who does not entirely rebuff his attentions. Klass handles these complex situations with grace and subtlety; an unusual and credible inclusion is Miss Merrill's honest acknowledgement to her student that she has strong feelings for him. The absorbing first-person narration rings true, projecting the credible voice of a teenager just beginning to break free from his emotional ties to home, family and friends. The fears, excitement, anger and energy of this awkward psychological time are movingly captured here. Ages 12-up.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From School Library Journal
Grade 8 Up?A 17-year-old loner with a passion for nature discovers a new species of butterfly in the old-growth forest near his home and is thrust headlong into the battle between environmentalists and the timber industry. A gripping story of a young man holding on to personal convictions in spite of family and community pressure.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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I don't know why running through a redwood forest has always made me think of death. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
California Blue a winner,
By buhuba (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: California Blue (Paperback)
This is a traykewl book! The way the author shows the teenage feelings is very effective and the relationships between John and Miss Merill and John and his dad are very realistic! This book rings true to what is happening in society today and the war between loggers and enviromentalists. A GR8 read!!
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Blue Butterfly,
By A Customer
This review is from: California Blue (Paperback)
A Review By CaitlinJohn is a senior in high school. Who is always running when he not he's in school. When he is running through the near by forest he falls in a covered up ditch and lands on a huge bush full of butterflies that he has been trying to find and examine for a long time. When he finally realizes that they aren't the one he thought they were he captures one the next day and takes it to his science teacher to look at. When they both can't identify it then his teacher finally calls up her friend to look at it. When he can't find out what it is then he takes it back to his lab and when they find out that it was an unidentified species it get's printed in the paper and john is famous. I really didn't like this book because when I looked at the cover I thought that it might be about something at least scary. But then when I started to read it I found out that it was about a stupid butterfly. I also looked on the back to see if I could find out what the book was about and it starts to tell you that someone was following the main character. Also I don't like how the author totally tried to make you feel like this was going to be a murder type book but no it wasn't it was about a butterfly. I wouldn't make any one read this book because I really thought that it sucked. But if you like boring books about animals this would be your book
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California Blue,
By A Customer
This review is from: California Blue (Paperback)
This book is about a boy named John Rodgers who runs track and has a relationship with his father while having a crush on his biology teacher, Ms. Merril. Johns father works at the logging mill and doesnt have the time or patience to deal with John. Also,John loves catching butterflies around the logging mill and around the tons of sequia trees near the mill. One day, John finds an unusual blue butterfly and he discovers that it is a rare unknown he discovers that it is a rare unknown butterfly which signifys the discovery of an unknown species. The only problem is ecologists want to shut down the mill in hopes that the butterfly can live peacefully and flourish. I recommend this book to just about any age and it is a great book that is a quick and fun read.
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