Best of the Best Children's Audio for Summer Listening - AudioFile 2004
Audio Reviews:
"This powerful reading (5Q - hard to
imagine it being better), a must for high school students, offers an interesting
comparison to wars fought today while also illustrating the universality of war
and its never-changing effects on family and friends."
- VOYA, February 2003
"Narrator Bregy portrays
the distinctive voices and phraseology of an earlier era, along with gentle humor
and the reality of war. Bregy also projects a sense of wonder as he narrates the
splendid text. Hunt and Bregy add an outstanding audio volume to American historical
fiction for young people.
 Earphones
Award, AudioFile
"...an outstanding
recording of this Newbery Medal Honor book - capturing all the emotion of a country
torn apart by the Civil War..."
- Kliatt
"Bregy adopts an appropriately
boyish tone and compels readers to hear young Jethro Creighton's account of how
the horrifying events of the Civil War changed life on his family's Illinois farm,
even so many miles from the front lines."
- Publishers Weekly
..a valuable
addition to libraries."
- School Library Journal
"A fine
recording of an award-winning title...harmonica interludes and comments by the
author provide atmosphere and context."
- Booklist
SYNOPSIS:
This compelling classic of a boy's coming of age during the Civil
War is based on stories the author's grandfather told her about his own life.
Available for the first time in unabridged audio, this production should be a
powerful tool enabling students to engage with this complex and important novel.
Great for family listening.
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