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On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens's classic Great Expectations.

So begins this rare, original story about the abiding strength that imagination, once ignited, can provide. As artillery echoes in the mountains, thirteen-year-old Matilda and her peers are riveted by the adventures of a young orphan named Pip in a city called London, a city whose contours soon become more real than their own blighted landscape. As Mr. Watts says, "A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe." Soon come the rest of the villagers, initially threatened, finally inspired to share tales of their own that bring alive the rich mythology of their past. But in a ravaged place where even children are forced to live by their wits and daily survival is the only objective, imagination can be a dangerous thing.]]> 543873 26 2834931 2006 Mister Pip total:2072|5:375|4:845|3:619|2:191|1:42| 2072 7536 3104 574 299121 3.62 2193 607 6304202 31945 543873 0385341067 9780385341066 416 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801m/543873.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801s/543873.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/543873.Mister_Pip 3.65 1542
On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens’s classic Great Expectations.

So begins this rare, original story about the abiding strength that imagination, once ignited, can provide. As artillery echoes in the mountains, thirteen-year-old Matilda and her peers are riveted by the adventures of a young orphan named Pip in a city called London, a city whose contours soon become more real than their own blighted landscape. As Mr. Watts says, “A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe.” Soon come the rest of the villagers, initially threatened, finally inspired to share tales of their own that bring alive the rich mythology of their past. But in a ravaged place where even children are forced to live by their wits and daily survival is the only objective, imagination can be a dangerous thing.]]> 2006 3 11 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 16 20:01:17 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 13:14:32 -0700 2007 more...]]> 50510828 4695 2099163 0385341075 9780385341073 38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256042034m/2099163.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256042034s/2099163.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2099163.Mister_Pip 3.54 110
On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens’s classic Great Expectations.

So begins this rare, original story about the abiding strength that imagination, once ignited, can provide. As artillery echoes in the mountains, thirteen-year-old Matilda and her peers are riveted by the adventures of a young orphan named Pip in a city called London, a city whose contours soon become more real than their own blighted landscape. As Mr. Watts says, “A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe.” Soon come the rest of the villagers, initially threatened, finally inspired to share tales of their own that bring alive the rich mythology of their past. But in a ravaged place where even children are forced to live by their wits and daily survival is the only objective, imagination can be a dangerous thing.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 2006 2 6 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 26 09:04:12 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 15:22:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3978958 122184 543873 0385341067 9780385341066 416 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801m/543873.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801s/543873.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/543873.Mister_Pip 3.64 2072
On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens’s classic Great Expectations.

So begins this rare, original story about the abiding strength that imagination, once ignited, can provide. As artillery echoes in the mountains, thirteen-year-old Matilda and her peers are riveted by the adventures of a young orphan named Pip in a city called London, a city whose contours soon become more real than their own blighted landscape. As Mr. Watts says, “A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe.” Soon come the rest of the villagers, initially threatened, finally inspired to share tales of their own that bring alive the rich mythology of their past. But in a ravaged place where even children are forced to live by their wits and daily survival is the only objective, imagination can be a dangerous thing.]]> 2006 5 5 false Thu Aug 02 12:18:51 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 03:26:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6645422 34677 543873 0385341067 9780385341066 416 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801m/543873.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801s/543873.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/543873.Mister_Pip 3.64 2072
On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens’s classic Great Expectations.

So begins this rare, original story about the abiding strength that imagination, once ignited, can provide. As artillery echoes in the mountains, thirteen-year-old Matilda and her peers are riveted by the adventures of a young orphan named Pip in a city called London, a city whose contours soon become more real than their own blighted landscape. As Mr. Watts says, “A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe.” Soon come the rest of the villagers, initially threatened, finally inspired to share tales of their own that bring alive the rich mythology of their past. But in a ravaged place where even children are forced to live by their wits and daily survival is the only objective, imagination can be a dangerous thing.]]> 2006 4 4 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 23 07:59:14 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 23 08:08:25 -0700 2007 more...]]> 26133049 90618 543873 0385341067 9780385341066 416 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801m/543873.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801s/543873.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/543873.Mister_Pip 3.64 2072
On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens’s classic Great Expectations.

So begins this rare, original story about the abiding strength that imagination, once ignited, can provide. As artillery echoes in the mountains, thirteen-year-old Matilda and her peers are riveted by the adventures of a young orphan named Pip in a city called London, a city whose contours soon become more real than their own blighted landscape. As Mr. Watts says, “A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe.” Soon come the rest of the villagers, initially threatened, finally inspired to share tales of their own that bring alive the rich mythology of their past. But in a ravaged place where even children are forced to live by their wits and daily survival is the only objective, imagination can be a dangerous thing.]]> 2006 4 3 false Fri Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 11:48:56 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 08:17:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 6058355 147289 543873 0385341067 9780385341066 416 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801m/543873.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801s/543873.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/543873.Mister_Pip 3.64 2072
On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens’s classic Great Expectations.

So begins this rare, original story about the abiding strength that imagination, once ignited, can provide. As artillery echoes in the mountains, thirteen-year-old Matilda and her peers are riveted by the adventures of a young orphan named Pip in a city called London, a city whose contours soon become more real than their own blighted landscape. As Mr. Watts says, “A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe.” Soon come the rest of the villagers, initially threatened, finally inspired to share tales of their own that bring alive the rich mythology of their past. But in a ravaged place where even children are forced to live by their wits and daily survival is the only objective, imagination can be a dangerous thing.]]> 2006 3 2 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 14:06:53 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 14:14:55 -0700 2007
So once again it's time for the Booker Prize, which for those who don't know is basically the British version of the Pulitzer, and in fact an award that a lot of people con...more...]]> 10697169 699078 2096597 1921145579 9781921145575 8 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2096597.Mister_Pip 3.43 28
On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens’s classic Great Expectations.

So begins this rare, original story about the abiding strength that imagination, once ignited, can provide. As artillery echoes in the mountains, thirteen-year-old Matilda and her peers are riveted by the adventures of a young orphan named Pip in a city called London, a city whose contours soon become more real than their own blighted landscape. As Mr. Watts says, “A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe.” Soon come the rest of the villagers, initially threatened, finally inspired to share tales of their own that bring alive the rich mythology of their past. But in a ravaged place where even children are forced to live by their wits and daily survival is the only objective, imagination can be a dangerous thing.]]> 2006 4 4 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 11:59:32 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 02 07:10:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 32002296 541416 543873 0385341067 9780385341066 416 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801m/543873.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801s/543873.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/543873.Mister_Pip 3.64 2072
On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens’s classic Great Expectations.

So begins this rare, original story about the abiding strength that imagination, once ignited, can provide. As artillery echoes in the mountains, thirteen-year-old Matilda and her peers are riveted by the adventures of a young orphan named Pip in a city called London, a city whose contours soon become more real than their own blighted landscape. As Mr. Watts says, “A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe.” Soon come the rest of the villagers, initially threatened, finally inspired to share tales of their own that bring alive the rich mythology of their past. But in a ravaged place where even children are forced to live by their wits and daily survival is the only objective, imagination can be a dangerous thing.]]> 2006 3 2 false Fri Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 10:23:17 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 10:26:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 50787922 126140 2099163 0385341075 9780385341073 38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256042034m/2099163.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256042034s/2099163.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2099163.Mister_Pip 3.64 2072
On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens’s classic Great Expectations.

So begins this rare, original story about the abiding strength that imagination, once ignited, can provide. As artillery echoes in the mountains, thirteen-year-old Matilda and her peers are riveted by the adventures of a young orphan named Pip in a city called London, a city whose contours soon become more real than their own blighted landscape. As Mr. Watts says, “A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe.” Soon come the rest of the villagers, initially threatened, finally inspired to share tales of their own that bring alive the rich mythology of their past. But in a ravaged place where even children are forced to live by their wits and daily survival is the only objective, imagination can be a dangerous thing.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 2006 2 4 false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 04:37:03 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 11:55:44 -0700 2009 Unconvincing narrator, condescending, patronizing, less than successful end. Other than that it's an OK story. Note to middle aged white guys - think twice before writing as 13 year old black island girl.]]> 37751323 708089 5042844 13 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5042844.Mr_Pip 3.77 44
On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens’s classic Great Expectations.

So begins this rare, original story about the abiding strength that imagination, once ignited, can provide. As artillery echoes in the mountains, thirteen-year-old Matilda and her peers are riveted by the adventures of a young orphan named Pip in a city called London, a city whose contours soon become more real than their own blighted landscape. As Mr. Watts says, “A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe.” Soon come the rest of the villagers, initially threatened, finally inspired to share tales of their own that bring alive the rich mythology of their past. But in a ravaged place where even children are forced to live by their wits and daily survival is the only objective, imagination can be a dangerous thing.]]> 2006 1 2 true Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 16:30:04 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 07:03:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 55315743 2296903 1910889 071956994X 9780719569944 34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1210884392m/1910889.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1210884392s/1910889.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1910889.Mister_Pip 3.54 111
On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens's classic Great Expectations.

So begins this rare, original story about the abiding strength that imagination, once ignited, can provide. As artillery echoes in the mountains, thirteen-year-old Matilda and her peers are riveted by the adventures of a young orphan named Pip in a city called London, a city whose contours soon become more real than their own blighted landscape. As Mr. Watts says, "A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe." Soon come the rest of the villagers, initially threatened, finally inspired to share tales of their own that bring alive the rich mythology of their past. But in a ravaged place where even children are forced to live by their wits and daily survival is the only objective, imagination can be a dangerous thing.]]> 2006 3 2 false Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 17:47:10 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 04:31:15 -0700 2009
I mean, the only thing that I liked, was this whole general idea. About native people living on this exotic postcolonial island which is struck by civil war betw...more...]]> 39132446 1271940 543873 0385341067 9780385341066 416 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801m/543873.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801s/543873.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/543873.Mister_Pip 3.64 2072
On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens’s classic Great Expectations.

So begins this rare, original story about the abiding strength that imagination, once ignited, can provide. As artillery echoes in the mountains, thirteen-year-old Matilda and her peers are riveted by the adventures of a young orphan named Pip in a city called London, a city whose contours soon become more real than their own blighted landscape. As Mr. Watts says, “A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe.” Soon come the rest of the villagers, initially threatened, finally inspired to share tales of their own that bring alive the rich mythology of their past. But in a ravaged place where even children are forced to live by their wits and daily survival is the only objective, imagination can be a dangerous thing.]]> 2006 4 2 true Thu Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 13:29:52 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 18:35:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 31240541 41584 543873 0385341067 9780385341066 416 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801m/543873.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801s/543873.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/543873.Mister_Pip 3.64 2072
On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens’s classic Great Expectations.

So begins this rare, original story about the abiding strength that imagination, once ignited, can provide. As artillery echoes in the mountains, thirteen-year-old Matilda and her peers are riveted by the adventures of a young orphan named Pip in a city called London, a city whose contours soon become more real than their own blighted landscape. As Mr. Watts says, “A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe.” Soon come the rest of the villagers, initially threatened, finally inspired to share tales of their own that bring alive the rich mythology of their past. But in a ravaged place where even children are forced to live by their wits and daily survival is the only objective, imagination can be a dangerous thing.]]> 2006 4 2 false Tue Aug 26 11:51:05 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 11:52:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 11459697 137272 543873 0385341067 9780385341066 416 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801m/543873.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801s/543873.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/543873.Mister_Pip 3.64 2072
On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens’s classic Great Expectations.

So begins this rare, original story about the abiding strength that imagination, once ignited, can provide. As artillery echoes in the mountains, thirteen-year-old Matilda and her peers are riveted by the adventures of a young orphan named Pip in a city called London, a city whose contours soon become more real than their own blighted landscape. As Mr. Watts says, “A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe.” Soon come the rest of the villagers, initially threatened, finally inspired to share tales of their own that bring alive the rich mythology of their past. But in a ravaged place where even children are forced to live by their wits and daily survival is the only objective, imagination can be a dangerous thing.]]> 2006 3 2 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 02 11:51:55 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 11:55:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 31282548 42903 543873 0385341067 9780385341066 416 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801m/543873.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801s/543873.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/543873.Mister_Pip 3.64 2072
On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens’s classic Great Expectations.

So begins this rare, original story about the abiding strength that imagination, once ignited, can provide. As artillery echoes in the mountains, thirteen-year-old Matilda and her peers are riveted by the adventures of a young orphan named Pip in a city called London, a city whose contours soon become more real than their own blighted landscape. As Mr. Watts says, “A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe.” Soon come the rest of the villagers, initially threatened, finally inspired to share tales of their own that bring alive the rich mythology of their past. But in a ravaged place where even children are forced to live by their wits and daily survival is the only objective, imagination can be a dangerous thing.]]> 2006 5 3 false Mon Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 19:21:58 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 19:27:56 -0700 2008 Mister Pip reminded me of Life of Pi and of Bel Canto, which is pretty much the nicest thing I can say about any book.

The back of the book tells you as much as you need to know before you begin reading: On a remote island stricken by civil war, the only white man begins teaching childr...more...]]> 68440680 2479053 2099163 0385341075 9780385341073 38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256042034m/2099163.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256042034s/2099163.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2099163.Mister_Pip 3.64 2072
On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens’s classic Great Expectations.

So begins this rare, original story about the abiding strength that imagination, once ignited, can provide. As artillery echoes in the mountains, thirteen-year-old Matilda and her peers are riveted by the adventures of a young orphan named Pip in a city called London, a city whose contours soon become more real than their own blighted landscape. As Mr. Watts says, “A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe.” Soon come the rest of the villagers, initially threatened, finally inspired to share tales of their own that bring alive the rich mythology of their past. But in a ravaged place where even children are forced to live by their wits and daily survival is the only objective, imagination can be a dangerous thing.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 2006 5 1 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 07:14:34 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 07:48:05 -0700 2009 73025579 2793072 543873 0385341067 9780385341066 416 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801m/543873.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801s/543873.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/543873.Mister_Pip 3.64 2072
On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens’s classic Great Expectations.

So begins this rare, original story about the abiding strength that imagination, once ignited, can provide. As artillery echoes in the mountains, thirteen-year-old Matilda and her peers are riveted by the adventures of a young orphan named Pip in a city called London, a city whose contours soon become more real than their own blighted landscape. As Mr. Watts says, “A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe.” Soon come the rest of the villagers, initially threatened, finally inspired to share tales of their own that bring alive the rich mythology of their past. But in a ravaged place where even children are forced to live by their wits and daily survival is the only objective, imagination can be a dangerous thing.]]> 2006 0 0 false Wed Sep 30 12:39:49 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 12:39:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 50873961 991905 543873 0385341067 9780385341066 416 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801m/543873.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801s/543873.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/543873.Mister_Pip 3.64 2072
On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens’s classic Great Expectations.

So begins this rare, original story about the abiding strength that imagination, once ignited, can provide. As artillery echoes in the mountains, thirteen-year-old Matilda and her peers are riveted by the adventures of a young orphan named Pip in a city called London, a city whose contours soon become more real than their own blighted landscape. As Mr. Watts says, “A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe.” Soon come the rest of the villagers, initially threatened, finally inspired to share tales of their own that bring alive the rich mythology of their past. But in a ravaged place where even children are forced to live by their wits and daily survival is the only objective, imagination can be a dangerous thing.]]> 2006 4 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 29 20:20:02 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 20:20:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 49807751 2143993 543873 0385341067 9780385341066 416 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801m/543873.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801s/543873.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/543873.Mister_Pip 3.64 2072
On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens’s classic Great Expectations.

So begins this rare, original story about the abiding strength that imagination, once ignited, can provide. As artillery echoes in the mountains, thirteen-year-old Matilda and her peers are riveted by the adventures of a young orphan named Pip in a city called London, a city whose contours soon become more real than their own blighted landscape. As Mr. Watts says, “A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe.” Soon come the rest of the villagers, initially threatened, finally inspired to share tales of their own that bring alive the rich mythology of their past. But in a ravaged place where even children are forced to live by their wits and daily survival is the only objective, imagination can be a dangerous thing.]]> 2006 3 0 false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 19 15:50:53 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 16:02:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 39972489 1798591 543873 0385341067 9780385341066 416 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801m/543873.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801s/543873.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/543873.Mister_Pip 3.64 2072
On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens’s classic Great Expectations.

So begins this rare, original story about the abiding strength that imagination, once ignited, can provide. As artillery echoes in the mountains, thirteen-year-old Matilda and her peers are riveted by the adventures of a young orphan named Pip in a city called London, a city whose contours soon become more real than their own blighted landscape. As Mr. Watts says, “A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe.” Soon come the rest of the villagers, initially threatened, finally inspired to share tales of their own that bring alive the rich mythology of their past. But in a ravaged place where even children are forced to live by their wits and daily survival is the only objective, imagination can be a dangerous thing.]]> 2006 2 0 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 12 15:22:06 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 15:23:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1910889