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The Monument
by
Gary Paulsen
It all begins when Rocky follows Mick Strum around town while he sketches its people, animals and graveyard. Mick has been commissioned by Rocky's Kansas town to create a memorial to their war dead.
As Rocky learns to respect Mick and his talents, he helps her to develop her own artistic sensibilities.It all begins when Rocky follows Mick Strum around town while he sketches...more
As Rocky learns to respect Mick and his talents, he helps her to develop her own artistic sensibilities.It all begins when Rocky follows Mick Strum around town while he sketches...more
Paperback, 160 pages
Published
July 1st 1993
by Yearling
(first published 1991)
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Gary Paulsen was my first favorite author. After my fifth grade English teacher read us "Hatchet" and "The Winter Room," I wanted to read more of his books. Two years later I was into Edgar Alan Poe and two years after that I was reading Vikram Seth, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Anthony Burgess, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and many others on my own.
"The Monument" was my favorite Paulsen book, and I just finished rereading it. It tells the story of an encounter between a disabled thirteen-year-old girl living i...more
The Monument by Gary Paulsen (1991): Rocky (Rachael) is an adopted girl living in a small town in Kansas when an artist is commissioned to create a monument to the town’s fallen soldiers. But the effect that the artist has on the town--and on Rocky--may change things forever.
The story of Rocky, of Python, and of their life in Bolton is well-told and interesting enough on its own, but with the arrival of artist Mick Strum, the book begins to concern itself with no less than the question of what i...more
The story of Rocky, of Python, and of their life in Bolton is well-told and interesting enough on its own, but with the arrival of artist Mick Strum, the book begins to concern itself with no less than the question of what i...more
Oct 18, 2011
Austinhunter
added it
I liked this book because it had something to do with art, and i like doing art like sketching. I also liked it because it had different things going on right after each other but they each had a little part of them connecting them together. For example she finds a dog and keeps it and everybody gets to know how she is always with the dog. Because she is doing that and everybody knows the dog is always with her everybody in the town knows that and looks up to them for being so close they come up...more
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This story tells about Rocky, an adopted orphan with a bad leg. She lives in a tiny town in Kansas and her life is uninterrupted until the town decides it wants a monument to commemorate its war heroes. Enter Mick, the artist commissioned for the monument. Mick helps Rocky learn about art--what it is and how to find it. Because of Mick, the whole town learns to see itself in a new way.
I felt like this book was meant for younger YA readers. I'd say the age group is about 11-...more
This story tells about Rocky, an adopted orphan with a bad leg. She lives in a tiny town in Kansas and her life is uninterrupted until the town decides it wants a monument to commemorate its war heroes. Enter Mick, the artist commissioned for the monument. Mick helps Rocky learn about art--what it is and how to find it. Because of Mick, the whole town learns to see itself in a new way.
I felt like this book was meant for younger YA readers. I'd say the age group is about 11-...more
To get ready for Gary Paulsen visiting Battle Creek, I read his book about art. It's a simple and true story — not true story as in this actually happened, but true in that it puts vague feelings clearly into words.
Folks in a small Kansas town hire an artist to create a monument for those who died in war. Rocky is a girl with a lame leg, a dog for a best friend and parents who are a couple of goodnatured drunks. She is amazed at the way the artist is able to see things the way they really are,...more
Folks in a small Kansas town hire an artist to create a monument for those who died in war. Rocky is a girl with a lame leg, a dog for a best friend and parents who are a couple of goodnatured drunks. She is amazed at the way the artist is able to see things the way they really are,...more
This book was okay. It's a good read for middle level kids, to get them thinking about art and also about the human cost of war. Paulsen certainly chose to give the small town he created some negative qualities, and I almost thought some of it was a little mature for the audience level. I guess there wasn't anything too awful. I'm not much for the really new-agey kind of musings on art, but it made some good points about people and about war. I'd sort of like to find out what happened to the mai...more
An amazing book about an adopted outcast of a girl, her four-legged friend, and her remarkable friendship with an artist. Rachel learns many lessons about what it means to live life in the moment from Mick, an artist brought to her small town in Kansas to create a monument for the town's war heroes. If you're a fan of Gary Paulsen's and know a few basic biographical facts about him, you know how his experiences shape his writing. Most people hear his stories about fishing and camping when he was...more
Nov 21, 2008
jacky
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommended to jacky by:
wendy s
I surveyed the teachers in my building asking for book recommendations; as a result, an art teacher lent me this book.
This was an incredibly fast read for me. While short and written in simple language, did not lack for depth. I really enjoyed Paulsen's descriptions of the artist working and his art. I enjoy art in general, but don't often think about what goes into the artist's vision. This book explored that, and I enjoyed thinking about a topic I hadn't spent much time thinking about before....more
This was an incredibly fast read for me. While short and written in simple language, did not lack for depth. I really enjoyed Paulsen's descriptions of the artist working and his art. I enjoy art in general, but don't often think about what goes into the artist's vision. This book explored that, and I enjoyed thinking about a topic I hadn't spent much time thinking about before....more
Another great tale from Gary Paulsen. A short tale of girl and a town wanting a monument, and the artist that came to great it. Not a long read but memorable to anyone who as been touched by a 'monument' of someone who has died.
i found this story to be very engaging with an important message. I very much enjoyed the way Mr. Paulson developed his characters as well as the story itself. It'sgoing to the 'must read' list for my grandsons.
Young reader again. I really liked this book. It sounds strange to say I liked it and I can't remember much about it. I'll try to read this again and review. Quick read.
Very interesting study of what makes art. I could see using this as a read aloud in an art class, or during a classroom discussion of the Veitnam Memorial.
If you have any interest in art at all, you should love this book. A completely easy, afternoon read.
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Not my favorite Paulsen book, but it does have some interesting themes.
not my favorite gary paulsen book, but even now it still made me cry.
Gary Paulsen's best book for sure!
Mar 30, 2011
Jessica
marked it as to-read
One I own
It's just something about this book, or this author, that is intriguing me. Something deeper that makes me want to keep reading and reading everything that this guy has written. The Monument is not as good as The Crossing because it doesn't really get into the story until about halfway through, but I think this one fufills my need for a full story. Overall another good read.
Paulsen sends a very strong message about art. He includes a great dog companion which those of us who know about his life know is straight from his heart. Despite being an easy read, some of the content is intended for a middle school reader.
My son and I both appreciated the two interwined themes of this concise story. I highly recommend the review written by s.leep - even though that gr member did not give the book a star rating.
This book isn't particularly remarkable, but it has a special place in my heart for introducing me to the idea of conceptual art.
an exilent book that had me reliz what i jast do when drawing andd in life.
It was a really quick read about the power of art.
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Although he was never a dedicated student, Paulsen developed a passion for reading at an early age. After a librarian gave him a book to read--along with his own library card--he was hooked. He began spending hours alone in the basement of his apartment building, reading one book after another.
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