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by Nancy Farmer (Author) "Someone was standing by his bed, a person completely unlike anyone Tendai had ever met ..." (more)
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Grade 7 Up?It is the year 2194 in Harare, Zimbabwe. When the three over-protected children of General Amadeus Matsika are kidnapped, they learn that their country is a land of contrasts. Wealthy people live in homes staffed by robots and protected by automatic dobermans, while the poor live in a neighborhood known as The Cow's Guts, mining for plastic within the tunnels of Dead Man's Vlei (a toxic waste dump). Resthaven is an enclave for people who cling to the ancient traditions, beliefs, and customs of the Shona tribe, but the nearby MacIlwaine Hotel is a mile-high vertical city of apartments, schools, clinics, and supermarkets. As the children journey from one predicament to another, three unlikely detectives from an agency known as The Ear, the Eye and the Arm attempt to rescue them. Narrator George Guidall does a brilliant job of conveying the complex natures of a wide range of characters. Without resorting to vocal stereotypes, he portrays military generals, adolescent girls, gang thugs, fey tutors, ancient spirit mediums and small boys with equal skill. Coached by the author herself, he has mastered the pronunciation of vocabulary from the Shona, Xhosa, Zulu and Afrikaans languages. With its blend of high-tech futurism and authentic African tribal folklore, Nancy Farmer's Newbery Honor Book (Orchard, 1994) is an exciting selection for recorded fiction. This story will challenge young adult readers?and listeners?to think about their own lives and futures.
Margaret Rigg Myhre, Cataldo Catholic School, Spokane, WA
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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Here's a hit! It's a futuristic, coming-of-age story set in Zimbabwe in 2194. In the teeming city of Harare, three kids escape the safety of home and search for true-life experiences and Scout badges. Their story, a 1994 Newbery Honor book, is one of the richest offerings in children's literature. George Guidall has a plateful of characters, a wide diversity of emotions and many dramatic changes to present. In this outstanding performance, he rises to every challenge, roaring like the She Elephant, cooing over the infant Sekai and speaking in the resonant tones of the ancient Zimbabwean gods. L.R.S. An AUDIOFILE Earphones Award winner. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Adventure, Dec 4 2008
By Steven R. McEvoy "MCWPP" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ear The Eye And The Arm (Paperback)
This is a wonderful childrens story, woven with myths and legends from Africa. It is a tale of a secret walled garden, three special children, a man-child, a holy innocent who helps to guide them, and three detectives Ear, Arm and Eye who help to track the children down.

It is the story of becoming, and of belonging, and of finding your place and purpose in the world. Incredibly well-written, it will keep most non-readers glued to the pages.

(First written as Journal Reading Notes in 1999.)
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm, Jul 11 2004
This review is from: Ear The Eye And The Arm (Paperback)
When three children of a very important general run away from their machine-runned home in futuristic Zimbabwe, they are kidnapped by gang members, Knife and Fist. They are now at the mercy of the monstrous She Elephant, the leader of an underground world. The children, Tendai, Rita, and Kuda are made to mine for plastic, a now hard-to-come by material.

When the childrens father learn of their kidnap, he and his wife hire The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm, three dectectives with a business of the same name. The Ear has great hearing abilities, the Eye can see from far away distances, and Arm has a strange pyschic power. Ideal detectives, right?

Join Tendai, Rita, and Kuda in this suspensful and sometimes comedic book. Nancy Farmer is by far my favorite sf/fantasy author(Along with J.K. Rowling, Susan Cooper, Tolkien, and Ursula K. LeGuin
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars the best book ive read, Jun 3 2004
This review is from: Ear The Eye And The Arm (Paperback)
three kids traped in there house. never seen the world beyond there robot runed manchen, ecscape away from there high in power general dad, to see the world in there own eyes.
I think that this book shows corage, stupidedy, and how it is when you are suddenly in a whole differnt world of people. I would recomend this book to anyone and everyone. Nomader what age you are you will learn something new about life and its strugles in this book. You can read it over and over, and never want to put it down. I would put this book into my favoret book collection and i think that you should too.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Arm Is Awesome
This is an excellent book I read a couple of weeks ago. It takes place in futuristic Zimbabwe. 3 kids of an important politician in the country decide to go on a field trip to... Read more
Published on May 23 2004 by Chalice

3.0 out of 5 stars Dont think i wrote this review because i wanted to
Hmmm... Now what can I say about this Nancy Farmer novel "The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm." Well, for starters, its a book. A science Fiction Book. Yep, nice summary there. Read more
Published on May 8 2004 by Esteban

1.0 out of 5 stars Why This Book Sucks Really Bad (I was forced to read it)
It's written in thrid person omniscient, an irritating style that refuses to pick a main character. The author also has a confusing writing style that consists of only catalouging... Read more
Published on April 14 2004 by Unimportant

5.0 out of 5 stars Great stuff
I can't really understand why this didn't win the newbery medal. Do the people who give out the medal enjoy torchering Nancy Farmer by giving the medal to books that aren't as... Read more
Published on Mar 27 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Book of the Future
This book has everything in it; bad guys, spirits, the cool detectives, the places the main character goes, everything! Read more
Published on Mar 18 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Nancy Farmer: Sci-fi children's author extraordinaire
The best futuristic sci-fi tale for children set in Zimbabwe I've ever read. Which is unfair backhanded praise for a book that, in my opinion, should've been awarded the Newberry... Read more
Published on Jan 1 2004 by E. R. Bird

5.0 out of 5 stars anonymus reviewer
She has woven into this book a story with unmatchable characters villains and creatures. It starts out in a boot camp like household in which a military-like father forces his... Read more
Published on Dec 14 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm
I liked this book because I like adventure and mystery. It had both. I couldn't stop reading. Every spare second I had, I read.
I loved it. Read more
Published on Sep 25 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars read this book!
It paints a vivid picture of future Africa- most people think of Africa only as tribes, huts, and lions. I know I did before I read this. Read more
Published on Aug 1 2003 by anonymous

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Read
The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm is an excellent book. I highly reccomend it to anyone. The characters are all interesting and their journey is just strange. Read more
Published on Jul 6 2003 by pepsiflower

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