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91st out of 521 books
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176 voters
Crow Girl (Crow Girl #1)
by
Kate Cann
There’s no light … without the dark
Lily is an outsider. Girls bully her, boys don’t know she’s alive. She begins to hide from her troubles at the nearby Wakeless Woods. But she is not alone. The crows are there. Watching. When she finds the crows, she finds herself –and a burning need to show everyone at school the new Lily. Will this Halloween be a night to remember?
Lily is an outsider. Girls bully her, boys don’t know she’s alive. She begins to hide from her troubles at the nearby Wakeless Woods. But she is not alone. The crows are there. Watching. When she finds the crows, she finds herself –and a burning need to show everyone at school the new Lily. Will this Halloween be a night to remember?
Paperback, 96 pages
Published
September 29th 2005
by Barrington Stoke
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[Book read in 2008; review written in 2008]
I like the idea of Crow Girl, because I can relate to it. All about being misunderstood, finding yourself, get better self-confidence, showing them all the real you and say “Hey, you can’t bring me down!”. The Crows were the icing on the cake, because they give the story its mysterious touch.
I didn’t like the author way to write at all, just the idea of the book. She doesn’t describe Lily’s feelings enough, instead she describe unnecessary things – lik...more
I like the idea of Crow Girl, because I can relate to it. All about being misunderstood, finding yourself, get better self-confidence, showing them all the real you and say “Hey, you can’t bring me down!”. The Crows were the icing on the cake, because they give the story its mysterious touch.
I didn’t like the author way to write at all, just the idea of the book. She doesn’t describe Lily’s feelings enough, instead she describe unnecessary things – lik...more
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This is a short story, you can read it in half an hour, and it has a beautiful message behind it. Especially these days where bullying is out in the public light and we have a name for this kind of abuse. Crow girl is a natural fit to all the anti-bullying campaigns.
In this book our protagonist has suffered bullying from the popular girls in her school. And after a horrible year, she has to fight for her place in her wo...more
This is a short story, you can read it in half an hour, and it has a beautiful message behind it. Especially these days where bullying is out in the public light and we have a name for this kind of abuse. Crow girl is a natural fit to all the anti-bullying campaigns.
In this book our protagonist has suffered bullying from the popular girls in her school. And after a horrible year, she has to fight for her place in her wo...more
Barrington Stoke produce excellent books geared towards reluctant readers. With the material currently being produced for the teenage market, I was looking forward to an interesting plot. However, this book came across as preachy and patronising. The cover and blurb lead the reader to believe this will be a book about the supernatural. In fact the plot can be summarised as if you are unhappy, being bullied, overweight with bad skin, try going for walks, hold your head up, shoulders back and eat...more
This is the tale of a bullied girl, Lily, who finds are strength through training crows for revenge against her tormeters.
The story here is classic -- bullied person finds strength and achieves vengeance. Here it is Lily who finds crows to be the perfect tool for payback. As such, this book is nothing special but as a short book with limited vocabulary, utilizing an attractive, large font, will be appealing to reluctant readers. Just because a book is short does not mean that it can't have subst...more
The story here is classic -- bullied person finds strength and achieves vengeance. Here it is Lily who finds crows to be the perfect tool for payback. As such, this book is nothing special but as a short book with limited vocabulary, utilizing an attractive, large font, will be appealing to reluctant readers. Just because a book is short does not mean that it can't have subst...more
I can't really begin to convey my disappointment for "Crow Girl." Let me start off by saying, yes, I understand this is a book oriented towards reluctant readers, and given the reading level of the book, I was actually fine with that. I was also fine in that ultimately, this is a story about a young lady named Lily who isn't very confident in herself and faces against a group of girl bullies who pick, prod, and tease her to no end. Her only comfort lies in keeping company with a group of crows t...more
This book is a Barrington Stoke book - they specialise in books for struggling and dyslexic readers and their stories are varied and engaging. You could call it a 'quick read' book - at only 70 pages I picked it up and didn't put it down until I'd finished it, about 30 minutes later.
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Meep!
Not that what I hoped for. Giving up on that book, read in May 2012... Teenage story, bit too unbelievable main character behaviour change.
2 stars for the beautiful blue chrome cover with the shadows on it (simillar to Crow girl rises)...
on the "to sell pile with it"
Not that what I hoped for. Giving up on that book, read in May 2012... Teenage story, bit too unbelievable main character behaviour change.
2 stars for the beautiful blue chrome cover with the shadows on it (simillar to Crow girl rises)...
on the "to sell pile with it"
I was drawn to this book because of the beautiful illustration. I assumed it was a fantasy novel, but after reading it I am not so sure of that. The book is too short, and has swearing, violence and sexual feelings. I did feel i could relate to the crow girl however.
This is a great story for anyone facing with bullying. I really hope that school libraries carry this book. Obviously, this is not a guide because things aren't always this easily solved. Other than that it is also a good story about finding yourself and accepting yourself as you are.
So a teased girl trains crows for a revenge fantasy.
This is a good quick read. I enjoyed it.
I wasnt expecting this book be about gaining self confidence in yourself. From the title was expecting something a little more fairy tale like. But being a big Kate Cann fan I read it anyway. It was very up lifting and heart warming. Its mostly about just learning to love yourself and once you can accept who you are good things will start to happen. If you like Kate Cann's other books you'll most likely like this on as well.
Was actually boring, thought it would have been better but oh well..
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When I was a child, I wanted to be a witch. My first foray into writing was a series of nasty spells full of rats’ tails and bats’ wings. Then, when I turned thirteen, I began keeping a lurid diary, full of adoration or loathing, depending on who I was writing about. I used my later diaries for the Diving In trilogy.
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