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Light Beneath Ferns
by
Anne Spollen (Goodreads Author)
I have this strange sense that my silence is preparing me for something I can't name . . . Elizah Rayne is nothing like other fourteen-year-old girls. More interested in bird bones than people, she wraps herself in silence. Trying to escape the shadow of her gambler father, Elizah and her mother move into an old house that borders a cemetery. All her mother wants is for th...more
Paperback, 206 pages
Published
February 8th 2010
by Flux
(first published February 1st 2010)
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Elizah has family issues as everyone does growing up. However Elizah turned a crazy life into a negative personality. I personally understood her and why she seemed bitter in life. Alot of people don't know how to deal with their emotions so they turn to sarcasm and snardy comments. Elizah was creepy and wonderously strange. I loved how the book started No expectations. The book is what it is. No more no less. So many people read so much into why this happened or why this didn't happen. They for...more
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Copyright © 2010 by Anne Spollen
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Cetakan I : November 2012 ; 504 hlm
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“Legenda Wenspaugh adalah perpaduan antara mitologi Indian Lenape dengan Legenda Appalachia, dengan sedikit unsur Kristen. Barangsiapa menemukan atau menyimpan tulang yang merupakan bagian tubuh manusia yang telah tiada, roh mereka aka...more
Light Beneath Ferns ( Anne Spollen)
This book was about a fourteen year old named Elizah who was a very quiet girl. Basically, she likes it better to stay more to herself rather than to speak to other people about her feelings and concerns. Elizah and her mother lived in a graveyard for lack of money to get better housing or shelter. Also, her mother works as kind of the guard of the graveyard. Elizah has interests in mainly bones of birds and jum st bones of any type. SHe likes things that seem...more
This book was about a fourteen year old named Elizah who was a very quiet girl. Basically, she likes it better to stay more to herself rather than to speak to other people about her feelings and concerns. Elizah and her mother lived in a graveyard for lack of money to get better housing or shelter. Also, her mother works as kind of the guard of the graveyard. Elizah has interests in mainly bones of birds and jum st bones of any type. SHe likes things that seem...more
The paranormal world is one of ups and downs…For example, you can read 6 or 7 fantastic books in a row and then BLAH you run into a swamp. You would think that over the years my love of reading and my somewhat educated mind would learn that anticipation is a horrendous habit, yet there I was 12:30am Monday morning, hopped up on caffeine and waiting not so patiently for the Kindle faeries to bring me a prize.
“Light Beneath Ferns” was supposed to be a smash, I didn’t just decide this for myself, i...more
“Light Beneath Ferns” was supposed to be a smash, I didn’t just decide this for myself, i...more
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This teen novel is part ghost story and part mystery.
The writing is quite poetic and full of arrestingly visual images. That is the best part of the novel. The plot proceeds at a leisurely pace, losing some tension in the process. Not so great when you are trying to write a ghostly mystery.
I think the major flaw here is a combination of characterization and plot development. The main character is portrayed as a very bright, very observant teen girl, yet the fact that she is obviously interacting...more
The writing is quite poetic and full of arrestingly visual images. That is the best part of the novel. The plot proceeds at a leisurely pace, losing some tension in the process. Not so great when you are trying to write a ghostly mystery.
I think the major flaw here is a combination of characterization and plot development. The main character is portrayed as a very bright, very observant teen girl, yet the fact that she is obviously interacting...more
I'd really like to give this book one and a half stars with an "it was weird". Elizah and her mother move to a new town where her mother has taken on the job of cemetary caretaker. This is a good thing for Elizah because she loves bones and ends up finding a human jawbone along the river bank. Thus begins a story of weird wives tales that turn out to be true and a strange boy that Elizah meets along the river. The story was even more convoluted by the author's attempts at a side-story about Eliz...more
I think this is one of those books that would be really awesome if you were in the target age group, but is a little obvious if you are not.
Still, her writing style is appealing* and the story is a little creepy.
Elizah and her mom have just moved to a small New England town (her father is on the run after embezzling some money because of a gambling addiction). Elizah is antisocial (antisocial to the point of making me look like someone who loves to be around people--seriously, she hates people w...more
Still, her writing style is appealing* and the story is a little creepy.
Elizah and her mom have just moved to a small New England town (her father is on the run after embezzling some money because of a gambling addiction). Elizah is antisocial (antisocial to the point of making me look like someone who loves to be around people--seriously, she hates people w...more
This is a ghost story. An awesome, awesome ghost story. I can't really say what it is that I loved about this book so much. Maybe because it was a ghost story unlike anything I've ever read. It wasn't scary but at the same time it was kind of creepy. They're not ghosts that haunt and torment but remind and maybe love. It was just so unique that I honestly want to read it again just to soak it in even more.
Elizah is a loner by nature, which some people just can't grasp the concept of. People thin...more
Elizah is a loner by nature, which some people just can't grasp the concept of. People thin...more
Jan 25, 2013
Amel Armeliana
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Finally, finished reading this book. I'm so relieved when I had finished it. Lega banget rasanya setelah membalik halaman terakhir. Padahal buku ini tipis, coba kalau tebal? Tapi mungkin juga justru karena bukunya tipis ceritanya jadi kurang tergali. Selesai membaca cuma bisa bilang, "gini doank? terus?" Sebenarnya ide ceritanya cukup menarik, tentang legenda suku Indian Lenape yang diselipkan unsur Kristen di dalamnya.
Elizah pindah ke Wenspaugh, kota kelahiran Ibunya berdua dengan Ibunya setel...more
Elizah pindah ke Wenspaugh, kota kelahiran Ibunya berdua dengan Ibunya setel...more
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I'm still unsure of what to think about this novel. There were parts of the story that I enjoyed reading and other parts that made me dislike the novel. I must say that Light Beneath Ferns is beautifully and uniquely written. Spollen's descriptive language set a creepy feel to the book, which is one of the things I enjoyed most.
I do feel that the language could either make or break Light Beneath Ferns. Considering the story revolves mostly around the setting and not so much the characters, ther...more
I do feel that the language could either make or break Light Beneath Ferns. Considering the story revolves mostly around the setting and not so much the characters, ther...more
I'm about halfway through Light Beneath Ferns, which follows the story of Elizah, who has just moved with her mother to a new town in the hopes of starting a new life. All the adults around Elizah seem convinced that she must be traumatized in some way due to the dissappearance of her father, after he was charged with theft due to his gambling problem. But Elizah is convinced that she's just fine. She doesn't want to form bonds with her classmates, and is surly with her mother (but in an unbelie...more
Heavy topics, which weigh on your heart, and play games with your mind. Beautifully written, yet I still feel like I don't 100% "get" the story, it's one of those that, I know my mind will be "chewing" on for days and maybe even weeks to come. I will never look at the world and those little things we often "miss" if were not looking closely enough for them, again - or at the very least I will try harder not to. It's tough to say much about Light Beneath Ferns, but it's one that I am glad I did n...more
Light Beneath Ferns was not at all what I expected. The summary didn't give anything about the book away so I was super surprised by the content. That being said, I'm not going to give away what it's about either. It made the book better for me. =]
Elizah Rayne is not happy about the move to Wenspaugh. She is especially not happy about the changes her mom is making. Elizah liked their quiet life when they were alone and now her mom is forcing her to make friends and go to parties. All Elizah want...more
Elizah Rayne is not happy about the move to Wenspaugh. She is especially not happy about the changes her mom is making. Elizah liked their quiet life when they were alone and now her mom is forcing her to make friends and go to parties. All Elizah want...more
LIGHT BENEATH FERNS is a beautifully written book that will chill you to your bones. If you appreciate poetic language and want to be spooked, this book is the one for you.
The strongest part of this book is its language. Anne Spollen strings words and descriptive language together in chains that I would never have thought possible—until I read it from her. The dreamy language transports you into half-mystical Wenspaugh and sets you right in the middle of Elizah’s tiny high school, the graveyard,...more
The strongest part of this book is its language. Anne Spollen strings words and descriptive language together in chains that I would never have thought possible—until I read it from her. The dreamy language transports you into half-mystical Wenspaugh and sets you right in the middle of Elizah’s tiny high school, the graveyard,...more
I bought this book because i loved the cover art. I related to Elizah in this story. She had a rotten father and she enjoyed being by herself and being quiet. Her comment about equating people and clutter was spot on for me. I also liked her comment to the counselor that we think there is something wrong with the loner or introvert when maybe it is the extrovert who doesn't respect personal boundaries.
I liked the combination of science and supernatural, and I thought the dialogue was realistic.
I liked the combination of science and supernatural, and I thought the dialogue was realistic.
Nicely atmospheric YA novel about Elizah who moves to a small northern town when her gambler father skips out on her, her mother, and his trial for embezzlement. Her mother gets a job as caretaker to a cemetery, and Elizah finds herself dealing with her mother's sudden desire to "fit in" and her insistence that Elizah do likewise, all the while Elizah finds herself pulled further and further into the silence waiting for her by the river.
Ok...so...this was a good book just to read and pass the time. Elizah (main character) was so funny with her dry humor. I really enjoyed being in her head and reading her words. Honestly, I thought the end would have been much better than it was. BUT, I didn't write it nor did Spollen ask me my opinion. Short review, yes I know. Not much to say.
Elizah moves with her mother to the edge of a cematery, where her mother is keeper. She isn't thrilled with the move, especially because her father is on the run for gambling and theft. Elizah's response is to act out--she's quiet in school and sarcastic when she has to talk. Her mother forces her to see the school therapist, go to a party, and socialize, but Elizah would rather spend time in the woods with her mysterious new friend Nathaniel. But Nathaniel isn't what he seems and Elizah's time...more
Utterly bored by the story, but also wanted to punch all the adults in the head for not leaving the obviously perfectly well adjusted girl alone instead of forcing her to "socialize." I need to stop reading books published by Flux; they evidently can't afford good manuscripts.
kind of a predictable plot... annoyed that it took the main character basically until the last page to figure out what I gathered pretty early on... Interesting story though and it started out really good, but I just feel like it was a little drawn out.
The first two pages of this book totally won me over and I loved the writing style and the voice. However, the rest of the book didn't quite live up to the strength of "Not the First Chapter." The book is written in a way that allows the reader to know important factors of the story long before the main character, to the point that it seems a little trying that she doesn't see it as well. There is a lot of dialogue in the book and yet very little is actually said. A frustrating amount of informa...more
The best thing about this book was the main character. She was bright, spunky, and deep....unlike a lot of shallow main characters that have become quite an epidemic as of late =/ The rest of the story wasn't that great or anything special, but it kept me intrigued enough to breeze right through it.
This is my favorite book. It is one of the only books I have ever read twice, I will read it for the third and so on. It is so beautiful and innocent with a dark theme over lining the whole book. I find it exciting how I can literally "see" everything I am reading, besides Eliza. She is a mystery to me. The mystery is inviting and this book is amazingly simple.
I absolutely love love love love love every book by Anne Spollen!! This book was pretty short, but it had a strong message and the writing was as always, incredible. Anyone can appreciate this book.
Excellent book. I thought the writing was exceptional and the story unusual for a YA. Very different and because I identified somewhat with her main character, it had become one of my favorites.
the writing in this book is just gorgeous. i could picture the mists rising from the river, the cemetery, meeting the boy, the kids at her school. i wish she would write a sequel...
This was an amazing read! I won this book and I'm so glad I did. I think its a young person's read - middle school to high school but its a book that will weave its spell around everyone!
I received this book free in a giveaway and I'm so glad of this introduction to Anne Spollen's work.
I received this book free in a giveaway and I'm so glad of this introduction to Anne Spollen's work.
This book was a great and quick read. It was very unique, but once something happened you could predict what would happen next. The book was really good though.
Kinda had this one figured out pretty quickly but really enjoyed it regardless.
Super fast read, just a couple of hours unless you are extremely dull then it might take you a whole day or so.
Super fast read, just a couple of hours unless you are extremely dull then it might take you a whole day or so.
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I was born in Staten Island, New York and grew up by the Atlantic Ocean. In the first grade, I turned over a book and saw that a human had created it. I asked my teacher how people got to write books. She said, "They read all the time." I took this very, very seriously.
I went away to New Paltz College and after graduating, I got a teaching job there and stayed. Teaching adverbial clauses and meeti...more
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