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The Yearling

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings,

Patricia Reilly Giff (Foreword)

Start date: March 1, 2024

Finish date: April 1, 2024

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Dec 13, 2011 Stephen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: literature, teen-reads, historical-fiction, z-read-in-2011, pulitzers

I grew up in a farm community and while I didn't live on a farm, most of those that I grew up with raised livestock that was then slaughtered for food. I've always wondered how they stood it.

In this book Jody loves hunting, loves the various foods that his family gleens from the Florida backwoods but hates the actual killing. When he adopts a fawn it's clear and inevitable what's coming but Jody, with the innocence of a child lives in the now and can't forsee the outcome. This story won a Pulit ...more

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Dec 01, 2015 Poppy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: childrens, audiobook, historical-fiction, novel, 2015-book-challenge, rory-gilmore-book-list, rory-gilmore

Start with Huck Finn, add a bit of Little House on the Prairie, a generous slug of Winnie the Pooh, and a touch of the Parable of the Prodigal Son, and you've got it. Sounds like a recipe for disaster, but it's a lovely, lovely book. ...more

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Sep 10, 2010 David rated it did not like it

Had to read this for school. Fell asleep over and over. So did my mother who was supposed to help me get through it. Should've been 100 pages. ...more

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