reviews
Apr 19, 2011
Jacqie
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I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of writing in the book. Maud's POV was especially well done. The book starts with Maud at a beach party in 1969. It's a lot like parties today- it's really about the drinking and sex. Both of the main characters are a bit strait-laced for the times, so neither of them is into heavy drugs, drinking, or sex, although they don't abstain, either. Maud finds out pretty quickly that her sister is dead in an explosion that she set off in a campus building
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Oct 13, 2010
Jessica
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I am not really into War books at all so I didn’t really enjoy reading this book. If you do like Vietnam books or are looking for a love story than I would recommend that you read this book. I would recommend it to teenage boys and girls. It took me at least 50 to 75 pages to get into the book and actually understand and enjoy it. The book takes place in 1969 and is a love story. Two people who have lost someone in the Vietnam War come together and shows that they can get threw anything and are
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Mar 27, 2011
Terri
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"Come in from the Cold" (the choice of title is sketchy at best), a 1994 publication, is this month's choice for one of the book clubs that I belong to. It surprised me in many ways. First of all, it scares me sometimes how the seemingly random way in which I choose the books I read, and in what order, always seems to yield very timely connections to the things going on in my life or the other books I have recently read. I just finished a week of booktalks in which one of the themes I
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Nov 11, 2010
The book come in from the cold is about a daughter. The first part of the book centers the attention on a girl named Maud, who in the summer of 1969 leans that her sister Lucy, who is an anti-war activist and fugitive, has killed herself while bombing a physics lab at the UofM. Thought meanwhile in another part of the state a narrator Jeff learns about his hometown and sets up a peaceful anti-war protest. In one of the few forced moments in this deeply felt novel Jeff’s older brother a marine on
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Nov 16, 2010
I read the book Come in from the Cold by Marsha Qualey. The genre of this book is Historical. This isn't the type of book I would orginally pick up. I am glad I went out of my way to read it. It was about a girl named Muad and a tradegy that happened to her sister. She meets Jeff, who also had a tradegy happen to his brother. They find out how much they have in common. I thought this book was really interesting and very sad. It taught me a lot more about the history of the war than I knew about.
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Jan 22, 2010
J.T.
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I'm not into war books. This one takes place during Vietnam in 1969. I suppose it's a good love story. The kids are sort-of Hippie-ish, not stereotypically, though. I liked Part II best. Jeff is a little more interesting of a person when the story is from his POV. Maud's POV makes Jeff less interesting and I wonder why she bothers. I also might have enjoyed the beginning more if Maud wasn't named Maud. I couldn't get past her name. When she was addressed by another character, I got distracted an
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Aug 25, 2008
Jennifer
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Reviewed by The Compulsive Reader for TeensReadToo.com
Maud and Jeff are two teenagers, thrown together by protesting the Vietnam war. They feel a special connection over both having lost a sibling because of the war -- Maud's sister, Lucy, in an explosion of a science lab at the University of Minnesota, and Jeff's brother in Vietnam.
These events cause them to forge a bond and lead them to a commune where they try to come to terms with their losses and the war around them More...
Maud and Jeff are two teenagers, thrown together by protesting the Vietnam war. They feel a special connection over both having lost a sibling because of the war -- Maud's sister, Lucy, in an explosion of a science lab at the University of Minnesota, and Jeff's brother in Vietnam.
These events cause them to forge a bond and lead them to a commune where they try to come to terms with their losses and the war around them More...
Sep 20, 2010
Carol
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A YA title I read before deciding what grade to use it with, this book captures the confusion of the Vietnam era for today's young people. Not the greatest book out there, but considering the dearth of books out there for young people about this era, this is worthwhile.
Jan 18, 2010
Allison
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interesting, not very well written but it gives you the 'what the hell' version of The Vitamin war i guess.
Apr 28, 2009
Kristen
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A tale about love between two teenagers who both lost someone because of the Vietnam War. Loved the switching point of view.
Oct 07, 2008
Susann
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Very good, but I wish I had been a teenager when I first read this, because I think I would have been more swept away. I wasn't around back then, but I think Qualey captured the Vietnam era well. I especially liked when she contrasted Jeff's late 1960s high school experiences with his older brother's times in the beginning of the decade. Loved Jeff's mother; she's very real, but not someone you see in a lot of literature.
May 12, 2011
Ann
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Interesting perspective on the 60's. Characters that are different from many found in YA lit.
Jun 08, 2010
This was a sad and loving book. Both of the characters had a trajity in their lives. I liked this book because i loved how even though they lost a person in their lifes they had never given up.
Dec 28, 2007
Lola
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This book is love.
And an incredibly nuanced examination of the Sixties. In a YA novel.
And an incredibly nuanced examination of the Sixties. In a YA novel.
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