Inspired by real events, master storyteller Eve Bunting recounts the harrowing yet hopeful story of a family, a war--and a dazzling discovery.
Gleam and Glow
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Sylvada's (A Symphony of Whales) eerie autumnal oil paintings provide the emotional backdrop for another Bunting tale of a family forced into exile (So Far from the Sea). After Papa leaves to join the underground in his war-torn country, life for the eight-year-old narrator, Viktor, his five-year-old sister, Marina, and their mother grows increasingly grim. "Every day we heard distant gunshots and saw smoke rise into faraway skies," while strangers fleeing the conflict share terrible stories. The only bright spot is the pair of goldfish one refugee leaves behind. Marina names them Gleam and Glow and dotes on them. But when the threesome finally departs for the border, they must leave the fish behind, so Viktor releases them into the family's pond. After a long stay in a refugee camp and a tearful reunion with their father, the family returns to find their home devastated but the pond full of fish, "as shimmery and dazzling as melted gold." This image of hope and renewal strikes a strong keynote in Bunting's bittersweet story (inspired by true events in the Balkans, she explains in an afterword). The narrative brims with poetic similes while Sylvada's thick brush strokes and somber palette produce images that are at once stark and dreamlike. The artwork reveals the bleakness of both landscape and emotions in a time of war. Ages 6-9.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.From School Library Journal
Gr 2-4-With her noted skill in presenting difficult topics with clarity and sensitivity, Bunting has written an inspiring story based on the true experience of a Bosnian family forced to flee their country during the recent civil war. Eight-year-old Viktor watches as his father walks away to join the Liberation Army, and knows that soon he, his mother, and younger sister, Marina, will be forced to leave their home, just one step ahead of the approaching enemy forces. Already, strangers pass through Viktor's town on their way to the border. One man leaves his two golden fish with the family, explaining that, "An extra day or two of life is as important to a fish as it is to us." But just a few days later, as they ready themselves to depart, Viktor releases the fish into their pond. After days of walking and weeks of living in a refugee camp, the boy and his mother and sister share a glorious reunion with Papa and eventually return home. The land is ravaged by war and their home is destroyed but the fish have survived, even thrived-they and their offspring fill the pond. The simple, elegant language is at once moving and eloquent when juxtaposed with Sylvada's expressive oil paintings. The artist's palette of rich earth tones and striking brushwork reflect the strong emotional tenor of the story. Focusing on the fearsome impact of war upon families and children, and on those things that allow people to retain their humanity, this book deserves to be introduced and discussed.
Teri Markson, Stephen S. Wise Temple Elementary School, Los Angeles
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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By Jennie
Format:Paperback
Have you ever been best friends with a cat, dog, horse or bunny and lose it? if so you can easly relate to thins text and know that anything is possible if you have hope! losing someone or something can hurt. in the text Gleam And Glow someone like you, lost something that was pratically family, their whole life! to me this text is verry easy to relate to!in the text a little girl never wanted to let go of her fish but when she had hope, she knew they would be there, waiting. i honestly love this text. this story changed my life/feelings, because people all around the world lose things like animals, family and just, suff they love! i think you should take a chance and read this book. it would defedently worth $100.00. this text can change your feelings just like me... maybe even change your life!i\ it makes you care about ANYTHING... ANYTHING!!! I BELIVE THIS TEXT IS THE ONE FOR YOU! it shows what pain people go throug EVERY day but can still have hope... hope for anything!
BY: ERICA
Have you ever lost your home? If you have poor you but you are like a family a family in the story GLEAM AND GLOW. In that family is one little girl named marina.She got just two normal fish and turnd them into her family.When i read the book gleam and glow it inspiring to wright... well this review!!Well reading this book i hope you feel how i felt... I felt like i could achieve every goal i have.And not look back.I felt this way becuse the story spoke to me!!
by:Isobel
Do you have light in your life? Well if you do, your just like a family i know. They have a dad who has to leave them. Later that day, a man with 2 fish came and gave them the fish. The little girl named them Gleam and Glow. The family has to leave Gleam and Glow. Do they ever get back to the fish? find out. When you read this story your life will change, BIG TIME! When I finished this book, it seemed like I could do anything, because when I found out that the fish were alive, I was over joyed!!!!!
By: Brianna Hamilton
BY: ERICA
Have you ever lost your home? If you have poor you but you are like a family a family in the story GLEAM AND GLOW. In that family is one little girl named marina.She got just two normal fish and turnd them into her family.When i read the book gleam and glow it inspiring to wright... well this review!!Well reading this book i hope you feel how i felt... I felt like i could achieve every goal i have.And not look back.I felt this way becuse the story spoke to me!!
by:Isobel
Do you have light in your life? Well if you do, your just like a family i know. They have a dad who has to leave them. Later that day, a man with 2 fish came and gave them the fish. The little girl named them Gleam and Glow. The family has to leave Gleam and Glow. Do they ever get back to the fish? find out. When you read this story your life will change, BIG TIME! When I finished this book, it seemed like I could do anything, because when I found out that the fish were alive, I was over joyed!!!!!
By: Brianna Hamilton
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Format:Hardcover
This book is really good. I would recommend it to all kids. It is about two girls and their mom. Their Dad is in the war. Gleam and Glow is a very good book. The title of the book is for the two fish that Marina names Gleam and Glow. I really enjoiyed this book. ...
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5.0 out of 5 stars
AWSOME!!!
Nov 30 2006
A Kid's Review
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Format:Paperback
This Book, Gleam and Glow, by Ebe Bunting is an awsome book, the main character who tells the story is a young boy named victor, his father has to go to the underground to fight in a war. Victor, his sister Marina, and there mama have to leave soon to, so they can cross the border before they get attacked!!! One day a man comes with some fish, that he can't carry any more, mama finally agrees to take the fish from him, and Marina has already named them, Gleam, and Glow, but they agree that when they leave in three days, that they cannot take the fish with them. Before the family leaves, they slip the fish into there backyard pond, and hope they will survive. They start there journey to the border, when they get there they will be safe.
Will they see there dad?
Is there dad alive?
Did Gleam And Glow make it?
Did the house survive,
and most important,
did the family make it
READ THIS BOOK TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS, I would recomend it to ANYONE, my teacher read it to us, and I am in 6th grade, and I still thought is was awsome!!!!! READ READ READ!!!!!
Will they see there dad?
Is there dad alive?
Did Gleam And Glow make it?
Did the house survive,
and most important,
did the family make it
READ THIS BOOK TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS, I would recomend it to ANYONE, my teacher read it to us, and I am in 6th grade, and I still thought is was awsome!!!!! READ READ READ!!!!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Inspiring.
Jan 6 2012
By Randie
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Format:Paperback
I'm in awe. Bunting based her story on the true account of the Malkoc family, who fled the Jezero village during the Bosnian war.
Two little girls are given two gold fish, Gleam and Glow, to care for from a refugee who fled the village days before them. Before they leave to seek safety, the oldest girl places Gleam and Glow in the pond. After many months of war, the family returns to their village. Everything has been destroyed my the bombs...everything except the pond thriving with goldfish.
This story is heartbreaking and inspiring. I'll admit that it brought tears my eyes. The illustrations are not typical of a book depicting war. The illustrations are beautiful, warm, hopeful.
Two little girls are given two gold fish, Gleam and Glow, to care for from a refugee who fled the village days before them. Before they leave to seek safety, the oldest girl places Gleam and Glow in the pond. After many months of war, the family returns to their village. Everything has been destroyed my the bombs...everything except the pond thriving with goldfish.
This story is heartbreaking and inspiring. I'll admit that it brought tears my eyes. The illustrations are not typical of a book depicting war. The illustrations are beautiful, warm, hopeful.
5.0 out of 5 stars
wonderful story
Mar 19 2013
By kimberly wetherald
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Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Eve Bunting is a never fail! The book is beautifully written and illustrated. My students liked the book as well
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