- Turtleback
- Publisher: Demco Media (July 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0606216316
- ISBN-13: 978-0606216319
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.8 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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From Publishers Weekly
A teacher who suspects that a young pupil is the victim of a toddler kidnapping takes a huge step in Kelman's (Prime Evil) hardcover debut. Beth Logan, a special-ed teacher in a New Hampshire private school, elects to return Pip, the headmaster's purported son, to Connecticut and the family to which she believes he was born. Beth is convinced by the lack of records in his file and the insinuations of a paranoid neighbor that Pip is actually Ethan Haskel, who, six years ago, disappeared mysteriously from his island home in Long Island Sound. But having reunited Pip with this strange extended family and having witnessed the patriarch's cruelty and the mother's nearly narcotic submissiveness, Beth realizes she must get the boy off the island and back to his home in New Hampshire. Kelman's coincidence-ridden, improbable tale asks readers to sympathize with a least likely heroine whose intentions do not redeem her bad judgment.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Library Journal
Bethany Logan teaches students with learning problems at a private school in New Hampshire. When she can't find records for the principal's eight-year-old son, she convinces herself that he is the victim of an unsolved kidnapping that occurred years before. Determined to return Ethan Haskel to his parents, she kidnaps him herself. When they finally reach the family's island, Bethany discovers that the place is totally isolated from the mainland. Every August the Haskels spend a week in seclusion, and their activities are unnerving. Almost every Haskel is mentally unbalanced, and some are homicidal. Bethany soon realizes that she has placed herself and the boy in danger. If this isn't enough action, one subplot involves Bethany's sister and a nasty divorce, while another centers on Bethany's guilt over her mother's suicide by drowning and Bethany's resulting fear of water, especially the ocean. To get through the book, readers will not only have to suspend disbelief but abandon it entirely. Purchase only where Kelman (Hush Little Darlings, Berkley, 1996) has a following.
Kathy Piehl, Mankato State Univ., Minn.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Kathy Piehl, Mankato State Univ., Minn.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
IMPLAUSIBLE, BUT RIVETING,
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This review is from: Fly Away Home (Mass Market Paperback)
I can, in cowboy parlance, head off some questions at the pass. Yes, Professor Stafford is Adam's dad. Bethany Logan, our heroine jumps to some very erroneous conclusions based on hearsay. Not to fear, folks, everything gets sorted out and has a nice, cute predictable ending.To its credit, this book is well written and will hold your interest. The segments about the fugitives' flight to the island and the question of Adam's parentage are well crafted. The descriptions of the Godforsaken island are strong and vivid. To save you a little time, Adam is NOT the child the islanders think he is. Theirs is a closed knit (not close-knit) community of old fashioned superstitions and only the merest nod to the modern era. The professor gets Adam back and Bethany gets to keep her job. Now that you know this story, you decide if you want to read it in full. This is the short version.
3.0 out of 5 stars
I thought this book was irresponsible,
By A Customer
This review is from: Fly Away Home (School & Library Binding)
Why wasn't that woman put in jail for stealing a child? I liked the authors writing style but the plot was ridiculous. A teacher would know better than to act like that woman did. I quit reading it about half way and skipped to the last chapter. I couldn't believe how it ended. No Consequences for that idiot woman?
2.0 out of 5 stars
Lightweight,
By Diane Atwood (California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fly Away Home (Mass Market Paperback)
I had read and enjoyed another book by this author. I was almost embarrassed to be reading this one. The plot premise was interesting but as the story unfolded, it became wildly implausible. The ending left me unsatisfied. I did enjoy the elements of humor in the author's writing.
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