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Aug 22, 2011
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I read my brother's old copy of this - he 'did' it for literature at lower secondary. Reading it - and knowing this - made me think of I Heard the Owl Call My Name, which I myself studied for literature at the age of 13, and I started wondering if Singaporean schools/teachers used to be under some odd imperative to push aboriginal/native literature at school-children? Is this a more subtle way of understanding our own country as a former colony? I did progress to Cry, the Beloved Country and Mal
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We read this for Mom-Dot book club. I hadn't read it since I was a kid. Surprisingly, or maybe not surprisingly, a lot of the book had stuck with me. It was fun rereading it as an adult but much more enjoyable seeing the book through my daughter's eyes.
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I read this right about when it was first published. I have a vivid memory of my elementary school librarian talking to us about it.
I know that I read this as a kid, but I don't really remember liking it that much then. I liked it better this time.
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Read as a child. One of my all time favourites that I have never forgotten. Highly recommended.
Lexile 1000L
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6.0
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6.0
Aug 19, 2011
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