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Zeely
"We'll spend the whole summer on the farm with Uncle Ross. I ought to make up something special just because we've never ever gone alone like this!" And the first thing Elizabeth does is give herself and her younger brother, John, new names -- Geeder and Toeboy.
The farm is special too, with its pump house, pond, and especially the prize razorback hogs that belong to Nat Ta...more
The farm is special too, with its pump house, pond, and especially the prize razorback hogs that belong to Nat Ta...more
Paperback, 128 pages
Published
April 25th 2006
by Aladdin
(first published 1967)
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Genre: Fiction Reading level: Ages 8-12
Geeder and Toeboy set out on an exciting adventure to visit their Uncle Ross for the summer. The children enjoy re-visiting familiar places in the farmhouse and on the property that they remember from previous visits. A tall, graceful woman whose family rents a plot of land from Uncle Ross fascinates Geeder. Zeely, Geeder decides, must be an African Queen as she carries herself so regally and is so very beautiful. Geeder’s imagination is supported by a maga...more
Geeder and Toeboy set out on an exciting adventure to visit their Uncle Ross for the summer. The children enjoy re-visiting familiar places in the farmhouse and on the property that they remember from previous visits. A tall, graceful woman whose family rents a plot of land from Uncle Ross fascinates Geeder. Zeely, Geeder decides, must be an African Queen as she carries herself so regally and is so very beautiful. Geeder’s imagination is supported by a maga...more
I first heard about this book when I was about 12 and it was described on one of those PBS shows that encourages kids to read. The mystery of Zeely and who she really was so intrigued me that I remembered it after all these years and finally read the book. It's very much a young adult book, but I enjoyed it anyway, though nowhere near as much as Harry Potter.
The heroine of the book is an American black girl who loves to create elaborate fantasies. You see that early on in the book when she and h...more
The heroine of the book is an American black girl who loves to create elaborate fantasies. You see that early on in the book when she and h...more
Considering how much hype and critical adoration this book has received, I was expecting something completely different. I found the protagonist, Elizabeth (who inexplicably changes her name to Geeder), to be whiny and, frankly, strange. She becomes obsessed with Zeely, a 6'5" black woman on a farm nearby; Geeder makes up stories about Zeely and isolates herself from other young children in town.
Geeder forces her brother to change his name to Toeboy; she spends a great deal of the short book bo...more
Geeder forces her brother to change his name to Toeboy; she spends a great deal of the short book bo...more
Spending a summer away from the city and parents a brother and sister in find mystery in their experience in the rural South. Hamilton sets a stage where a young tween tries to find the identity of a local farm worker. Great book to tie into the study of Rwanda and the identity of recent African immigrants. This book is available for check-out at the Gadsden County Public Library.
The story of Geeder and her little brother Toeboy and their summer at their uncle's farm. Geeder's imagination leads her to believe that Miss Zeely Taber is an African queen.
Beautifully written with magical elements. I love Virginia Hamilton.
Appeal terms: magical, lush language, languid pace
Beautifully written with magical elements. I love Virginia Hamilton.
Appeal terms: magical, lush language, languid pace
Nov 11, 2012
Oriyah Nitkin
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I read this book in the wrong decade. If I'd read it 20 or so years ago, I may have loved it. But it wasn't whimsical or maturely developed enough to entertain me as an adult. And since I'm not the target audience, that's a bit unfair.
Read it for the class I had in my graduate program. It was so-so. It's a middle aged book and I think I would have liked it better if I was younger.
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Oh my gosh! I have never read a more boring book in my entire life. I am dead serious. So the story starts it with these kids going to visit their uncle or whoever. Then they change their names or something. Then they get down south to their uncle's house and the author gives way too much description about how the house looks and everything. And then after that I kind of don't remember much. I mean I remember that they see this girl who looks like a model or something and then they sleep outside...more
Good book!
Although her writing is beautiful, I felt this book would be fairly difficult to follow for the age group it is intended to reach.
May 14, 2010
Chassyboo12
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I love the way this author uses description and diolage . I guess i'm reallt intrested in this book.
this book is alright
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