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A Hole In The World
by
Sid Hite
From acclaimed storyteller Sid Hite, a stirring novel about a town haunted by the past and a boy who must overcome his own past to help it.
Paul Shackleford has gotten himself into trouble, and now he's being sent away to a relative's farm in the middle of nowhere. He thinks he's in for the worst summer of his life . . . until he discovers a haunting mystery and a ghost wit...more
Paul Shackleford has gotten himself into trouble, and now he's being sent away to a relative's farm in the middle of nowhere. He thinks he's in for the worst summer of his life . . . until he discovers a haunting mystery and a ghost wit...more
Paperback, 208 pages
Published
March 1st 2004
by Scholastic Paperbacks
(first published 2001)
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Do you like books that are strange and different? Then you will like this book. It is very different but quiet interesting. It will make you want to read more but seems boring at times. This novel is about a teenage boy named Paul who got in some trouble at home. His parents thought it would be good for him to stay on a farm with relatives he had only met once, at a funeral years ago. When he arrives he thinks they are all freaks and cannot wait to return to the city with his friends. He soon re...more
This is another book that in a small way helps me deal with the hole that was left in our world when my niece died last summer. This book is beautifully written. It makes you think about a lot of things - about what you want to be and how you want to be.
The characters in the book are mourning for their friend who took his life - a person who left a hole in their world. Hite got the grieving part down well. It also shows that there isn't a right or wrong way to grieve. This book is deep and is a...more
The characters in the book are mourning for their friend who took his life - a person who left a hole in their world. Hite got the grieving part down well. It also shows that there isn't a right or wrong way to grieve. This book is deep and is a...more
This book also was wierd, it was not what i was aiming for. I was really looking for an interesting book and all that stuff. It dealt with this really bad kid and his troubles. So one day he went out onto a ranch and he had to stay there until he got back together. Along the way he learns that the world is changing and that he needs to change with it as well. when he finally gets his stuff together, he gets to go home and when he gets home, his dad is dying and there is nothing he could do to ha...more
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This book has a lot of good messages and some good quotes.
However, the reasons why I gave it three stars are as follows:
Not sure how realistic it is, I would like to ask a 15 year old.
The story is about a young boy who's desire to become a good person is shaped and motivated by the memories a farm community share of "Hennley Gray," a friend who has died. It's a beautiful thing. *spoiler alert* Then comes the seance scene where some of them try to make contact with him. Up until this point i...more
However, the reasons why I gave it three stars are as follows:
Not sure how realistic it is, I would like to ask a 15 year old.
The story is about a young boy who's desire to become a good person is shaped and motivated by the memories a farm community share of "Hennley Gray," a friend who has died. It's a beautiful thing. *spoiler alert* Then comes the seance scene where some of them try to make contact with him. Up until this point i...more
This is about a boy named Paul. Paul got in alot trouble because he lied to his father. As punishment, he must spend his summer on farm. He meets his relatives ther and makes a friend named Rebecca. He met a ghost with a familiar face and the truth will change him forever.
I have no connection.
I gave this book 3 stars because it wasn't that good. It wasn't that good because it was mosttly boring. I recommend this book to anyone who looks suspense books.
I have no connection.
I gave this book 3 stars because it wasn't that good. It wasn't that good because it was mosttly boring. I recommend this book to anyone who looks suspense books.
The narrator changes as he is moved from familiar urban environment to country and farm life. He learns how one good person can influence many and leave “a hole in the world” when he dies. Good on dynamic, changing characterization. I want to know if kids like it. It hints at being a ghost story, but isn’t, so feels a little anticlimactic. Kids who read it thought the same I did. We kept looking for the ghost, which never materialized. Positive.
This book was not the type of books that i like. It had slow action and i prefere books that are fast and pick up the pace. The book was filled with valuable lessons and it's mostly about how the main character is learning lessons in a terrain that not his. it is still a good book though. but not good if you like fast action books.
This book name is A Hole In The World by Sid Hite. Tis story takes place in a haunted farm and the farmer with his dog and friend will be in a scary adventure to find out about the secrets in the farm. This is a scary enchanted book with a lot of twists and turns.
Feb 02, 2009
Tyler
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This book is about a guy that has gotten himself into trouble and now hes being sent away to a relatives farm in the middle of nowhere. he thinks it will be the worst summer ever until he mets a ghost with a familar face.then what he learn will change his life forever.
This book is about a boy who gets punished and is sent to a farm by his parents. In the farm, everything is different. He has to get use to a complete different environment. What I don't like about this book is that it only talks about how the boy feels in the farm. But the beginning is very 'hooky', but gets less and less 'hookier'. And that is why i gave 2 stars.
Found it on the floor and was so grateful that I did! Great read, made me cry. Had a brilliant plot and theme. A Very recommendable coming of age.
This is a lovely story, but I didn't feel that the dialogue (especially that of the 15 year-olds) was authentic.
Very good read especially for guys. Turned into a good mystery towards the end.
Quiet and touching. In a good way that isn't cheesy.
Well crafted story about a young man wrestling with having told a lie. His father drops him off with distant relatives in rural Virginia, and he learns to respect them and himself as he grows into a man.
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“For me, writing books for a living is a grand privilege. I often feel as if I've won some sort of prize.”
Sid grew up in a family of seven in the small town of Bowling Green, Virginia. Sid says that when he was young he “had more energy than brains.” And further states that he “[wishes] it was still that way.”
Sid discovered his passion for novels in his teenage years and decided right then and the...more
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Sid grew up in a family of seven in the small town of Bowling Green, Virginia. Sid says that when he was young he “had more energy than brains.” And further states that he “[wishes] it was still that way.”
Sid discovered his passion for novels in his teenage years and decided right then and the...more
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