Wednesday, January 12, 2011

The Haymeadow

by Gary Paulsen
Dakota County Library, audioCDs, 3:32
read by Richard Thomas (John Boy!)
genre: YA realistic fiction, adventure, survival

My memory of this book was that it had a slow start, but got really exciting as it went on (once John was alone in the haymeadow and responsible for what happened to the 6,000 sheep). Though Thomas' voice work was wonderful, this time around the story seemed slow. Paulsen remains one of my favorite authors, but this one . . . not sure about it. The ending, with John and his father seemed stilted.

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