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The Girl With the Silver Eyes Paperback – Jan. 1 1991

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A 10-year-old girl, who has always looked different from other children, discovers that she not only has unusual powers but that there are others like her.

Print length

198 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Scholastic Paperbacks
Publication date

Jan. 1 1991
Grade level

4 - 6
Dimensions

13.97 x 1.91 x 19.69 cm
ISBN-10

0590442481
ISBN-13

978-0590442480
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scholastic Paperbacks; Reissue edition (Jan. 1 1991)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 198 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0590442481
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0590442480
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 136 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 1.91 x 19.69 cm

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Liat bernstein

Kind of boring

Reviewed in Canada on December 6, 2021

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I really wanted to like this book but it just didn’t have what I was looking for. Even for a kids book it repeats itself and holds your hand way too much, and the characters are kind of one dimensional and stereotypical.
I can’t figure out if it’s part of a series or not, it doesn’t seem to be. But the ending is so abrupt and rushed that it just felt like the author wanted to be done with it. And feels like there should be more to it.

Reviewed in Canada on January 24, 2020

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Bought for my daughter, and really enjoyed. Would recommend to buy.

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stephanie lockard

Satisfied with purchase

Reviewed in Canada on December 24, 2020

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Looks exactly as expected. Or as a gift for my daughter

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Jacqueline MacLellan

Daughter loved it!

Reviewed in Canada on May 14, 2020

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My 11 yr old loved this book and read in quickly. I would recommend it

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Great gift choice!!!

Reviewed in Canada on January 12, 2018

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Bought this book for my granddaughter and she loved it!!!

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Akemi Smillie

Good Intro to Psychic Abilities for Kids

Reviewed in Canada on January 15, 2019

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Great book from my childhood! Kickstarted my interest in psychic abilities from an appropriate child-friendly level.

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Cindy

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada on July 20, 2018

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I enjoyed this book and wish that there was a sequel to this book.

Reviewed in Canada on August 4, 2017

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I'm so excited to have this in my possession!! I read in grade school and now I have it again

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Katzenjammer123

Adorable

Reviewed in Germany on August 25, 2011

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When people see 9 year old Katie Welker for the first time, they immediately notice her unususal silver eyes. And more often than not they keep their distance to her because of her strange eyes. So Katie spends a lot of time alone and with reading. What most people don't know is that Katie's eye colour is not the most exceptional thing about her. She has the abilty to do telekinesis, but would never use her ability to really harm other people.
When Katie is forced to move and start anew in a foreign neighbourhood, things begin to change. For the first time Katie realizes that maybe she is not the only one with special talents.
Will Katie find more children with silver eyes?

I first read about this book a few months ago and thought that it would be a cute and extraordinary story to read, so I added it to my wishlist. When I then saw the new, fantastic cover for "The girl with the silver eyes", I had to have a copy of this book immediately.

It's a short story, 181 pages, and if I had to choose one word to describe it, I would use adorable. Katie is such a cute and adorable little heroine. How she sees the world and how she manages her days was both amazing and at times a bit sad. I loved that the author made Katie a bit impish, it made reading so story very entertaining and I had to laugh a lot. The way she used her telekinesis to annoy her babysitters and people who were aggressive towards her, was IMO great and made Katie very lovable. I love people who are a bit impish and don't let others get away with rude behaviour.

Most people, myself included, tend to concentrate too much on how people look instead of on how people act and what they do. Katie learned the hard way that just because you look a bit weird people tend to treat you differently (and not in a positive way). After reading this book I feel that I should try harder to just accept how people look without judging them, what people do is way more important than how they look.

I would have loved to read this book as a child and even though I'm no longer one, I still enjoyed every page of this little book a lot. Katie's intelligence and wit, the new friendships she forms and the search for other children with silver eyes were all fantastic parts of this cute book.

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Love it, the cover fits perfectly to the story and is gorgeous.

final appraisal
"The girl with the silver eyes" is an adorable, short book that made me laugh a lot and think about judging others just because they look differently. Katie is an amazing little heroine and made this book fantastic.
I think this book should work for adults, young adults and children. So if you are in the mood for an extraordinary story with an adorable heroine go and get a copy of "The girl with the silver eyes".

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Lexie @ For the Sake of Reading

A Classic Worth Revisiting

Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2022

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I read this for the first time nearly 30 years ago, when I was just a bit younger than Katie's age of 9. Its not overly invested in explaining why Katie is as she is, its more interested in showing us about how she relates to world around her.

In that way I can see how some folk have revisited this within the scope of Roberts exploring autism. Much like the X-Men were stand ins for everything from racial tensions to being gay, Katie's struggles with adapting to the world at large make her relatable on multiple levels.

She's gifted, quiet, precocious and emotionally detached (at least, against how other kids are). She draws comfort from reading, and wonders why exactly others find her disturbing. Including her mother, who she hasn't seen for six years (at least not regularly).

The first time I read this was also the first time I stayed awake all night reading. I barely noticed the time I was so absorbed in finding out of Katie would resolve the mystery of who she is.

Some of it is dated - there was no modernizing this as new editions released. Discussions about long distance telephone charges, having to use multiple maps to figure out where something was, and a phone book to find a person is all...well...a thing of the past. Certainly folk still use maps or phone books, but they would not be the first thing a kid Katie's age would suggest.

Left largely unexplored is Katie's father, Joe. He appears to be an adventurer some kind, as Katie mentions he was sometimes in Montana and sometimes in Texas. Maybe a salesman? Its left pretty vague other than "he was always on the move".

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Ashley Minyard

Good book

Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2023

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Bought this for my grand daughter and she was glued to it. She finished reading it in 2 days and wanted to read it again.

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My daughter loved this book

Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2023

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I had the hardest time finding a book that my 10 year old daughter was interested in. We listened to this on audible first and she enjoyed it so much that we bought the book for her to read after the fact.

Patricia Deiter

I bought this book because I liked it.

Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2023

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Read the excerpt from book and couldn’t put it down.

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