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Medina Hill
by
Trilby Kent
In the grimy London of 1935, eleven-year-old Dominic Walker has lost his voice. His mother is sick and his father’s unemployed. Rescue comes in the form of his Uncle Roo, who arrives to take him and his young sister, Marlo, to Cornwall. There, in a boarding house populated by eccentric residents, Marlo, who keeps a death grip on her copy of The New Art of Cooking, and Domi...more
Hardcover, 176 pages
Published
October 13th 2009
by Tundra Books
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Medina Hill is a captivating and unforgettable story of friendship, bravery, and justice.
I really loved reading this book because it had a sort of old fashioned yet modern voice to it which I thought gave the book a timeless feel. This chronicle of Dominic’s journey to bravery with the help of his newly found hero, Lawrence of Arabia, is simple but detailed. Everything in Medina Hill is excitingly fresh from the Romany gypsies to the mysterious coves of Zennor, Cornwall. The odd and charming cro...more
I really loved reading this book because it had a sort of old fashioned yet modern voice to it which I thought gave the book a timeless feel. This chronicle of Dominic’s journey to bravery with the help of his newly found hero, Lawrence of Arabia, is simple but detailed. Everything in Medina Hill is excitingly fresh from the Romany gypsies to the mysterious coves of Zennor, Cornwall. The odd and charming cro...more
Medina Hill is a cute historical read for tweens. The story may play out a little too conveniently for older readers, but for young readers I thought it was perfect. I loved the eccentric cast-they were lots of fun. I just wish we could have gotten to know them a little more. But I did like what we did see-I especially liked Birdie, who can communicate with the dead.
I also liked Dominic's adventures with the gypsies and Sancha was a great character. The friendship between Dominic and Sancha is...more
I also liked Dominic's adventures with the gypsies and Sancha was a great character. The friendship between Dominic and Sancha is...more
The sepia-toned cover of this book caught my eye. An old-fashioned English schoolboy sitting on his case; a gypsy wagon and entourage; a rider on a camel; what could they have in common?
The story is told from the point of view of young Dominic Walker, who explains on page two that he forgot how to speak during a math lesson in school. His description of the struggle to force reluctant words out of his mouth is entrancingly real, and the reader’s heart aches for the child.
But Dominic is no tragic...more
The story is told from the point of view of young Dominic Walker, who explains on page two that he forgot how to speak during a math lesson in school. His description of the struggle to force reluctant words out of his mouth is entrancingly real, and the reader’s heart aches for the child.
But Dominic is no tragic...more
Medina Hill was a piece of young adult historical fiction that brings a lot of elements together including family, injustice, friendship, and leadership. I think it would be a perfect book for a middle school aged boy and maybe even girl that is interested in historical fiction.
While I appreciated all the different elements and themes the author brought together (such as a mis-matched group of residents that live in the Medina Hill boarding house, the Gypsy girl that Dominic befriends, and Domin...more
While I appreciated all the different elements and themes the author brought together (such as a mis-matched group of residents that live in the Medina Hill boarding house, the Gypsy girl that Dominic befriends, and Domin...more
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A book where the phrase 'Cat got your tongue?' will pop up in your head from time to time.
Somewhere in London lives this little eleven-year-boy who cannot speak. Well, not literately. Just not with strangers. He lives with his sick mother, unemployed father, and little sister who's name is Marlo (strange name I know). Anyhow as the mother gets sicker the parents decide to sent their kids away to their uncle Roo, the mother's brother to a place called M...more
A book where the phrase 'Cat got your tongue?' will pop up in your head from time to time.
Somewhere in London lives this little eleven-year-boy who cannot speak. Well, not literately. Just not with strangers. He lives with his sick mother, unemployed father, and little sister who's name is Marlo (strange name I know). Anyhow as the mother gets sicker the parents decide to sent their kids away to their uncle Roo, the mother's brother to a place called M...more
Trilby creates the backdrop of this book beautifully, combining the feel of London in the 1930s and the escape into the past with Lawrence of Arabia. The difficulty of life during that period is evident in the parents of Dominic and Marlo - their mother ill and father unemployed. But, they each find their own outlets in different books. These interests peak when they leave with their Uncle Roo and connect with other people who bear the same interests. I love how their coping mechanisms grow into...more
Medina Hill is a greatly told young adult historical, because of it's mix of finding true friendship and bravery in life.
Dominic was a character that was easy to like and one you constantly rooted for from the start. The same also goes for his sister, but, I personally would have loved to seen more about Dominic’s aunt and uncle, along with the other artists in the colony, back-stories. Simply because they were easily some of my favorite characters.
Further more, it interesting to see how Medina...more
Dominic was a character that was easy to like and one you constantly rooted for from the start. The same also goes for his sister, but, I personally would have loved to seen more about Dominic’s aunt and uncle, along with the other artists in the colony, back-stories. Simply because they were easily some of my favorite characters.
Further more, it interesting to see how Medina...more
This book is supposed to be for younger kids, but I am not sure that many younger students would go to it. Dominic is a likable character, as is his sister Marlo, but the references to Lawrence of Arabia and gypsies may be difficult for some to understand.
Rated 3.5
Reviewed for Nerds Heart YA competition
Reviewed for Nerds Heart YA competition
Since his father lost his job and his mother became ill, Dominic has lost his voice in public. His parents send he and his sister to stay for the summer with their uncle in the country where Dominic finds encouragement and adventure with tales of Lawrence of Arabia and compassion and courage with his friendship with a Romany girl.
Medina Hill is rated PG for mild bullying.
Read in Frankfurt... ahh, memories. Awesome, fun, exciting little book. :D
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Trilby was born in Toronto and grew up in London, Miami, and Boston. A graduate of Oxford University and the LSE, she has worked as a rare books specialist at a leading auction house, a freelance journalist contributing investigative, arts, and feature writing to the Canadian national press and publications in America and Europe, an academic editor, and a creative writing tutor with one of the UK'...more
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