Across Five Aprils

 

Across Five Aprils
Across Five Aprils
by Authors: Irene Hunt
Released: 01 February, 1987
ISBN: 0425102416
Mass Market Paperback

Sales Rank: 18,771
List price: $4.99
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Across Five Aprils > Customer Review #1:
The story in this book is meaningful, but boring.

This book is not one of Irene Hunts greatest novels. Having read the "Lottery Rose" first, I thought that this book would have been equally as interesting. The book is set in the period of the Civil War and it is about a family who goes through a trying period because several of the men in the family leave to take part in the War. The main character is a young boy named Jethro Creighton who journeys from boyhood to manhood throughout the course of the book. He has to take on the responsibilities of the older boys when they leave. The community does not back the Creighton family because one of Jethros brothers joins the Confederacy. This causes problems for the family as a whole. Needless to say, they stand by one another and stick together. The book has a few other little sub-plots, but none that are overly interesting. Sorry people, the book was not on my list of most fascinating books to be read.

Across Five Aprils > Customer Review #2:
this book TOOK five aprils to read!

Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt was so boring! We read it in our 7th grade English class, and it took us so long because it was not exciting at all! I realize that some of us might not have grasped the concept of the book, but ive always been a good reader, and i thought this book was hard to understand and just plain dull.

Across Five Aprils > Customer Review #3:
NOT for Middle Schools

I read this book in 7th grade as a part of the Civil War Unit of the History Curriculum. YUCK!! It was torture.

I am now a middle school teacher and can not fathom how any teacher would force this book on a kid. I have not reread it as an adult and have no intention in doing so. However, this novel is rated at a 7th grade reading level, but I strongly suggest that no 7th grader is subjected to this book.



 
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