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Summary: A5A
Review: This book is boring because it only talks about Jethro. I don't like this book. The only part i liked was when there barn was burned down.
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Summary: A Time of Hardship
Review: It seemed like an educational book, and a book high enough for my level. The cover made this story seem like a story filled with hardship, heartache, and struggling. It seemed interesting and unique and I got attracted to it.
The main character in this story is Jethro Creighton. Only being 9, he finds that he has to grow up faster than he thinks. In the time of war and chaos, Jethro develops responsibility. He was the survivor among his three siblings who died, and was favored greatly by his mother. Jethro is a bright and mature kid who helps his family through the hard times.
I didn't particularly enjoy this book. Although it was a very touching book, it didn't really catch my interests. Not only did it talk mainly about war and death, it revolved too much around an historical event. The words were confusing to understand and the content wasn't very fun to read about. It seemed like I was stuck on one page the entire time. I had to review it over and over to understand it. For those of the viewers who do not like historical books, this is a book you want to avoid.
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Summary: Across Five Aprils
Review: "A5A" is a spectacular heartpounding book.with problems that even you might worry about getting into. Read about all the worlds of characters and sudden turns of fate. Come face to face with the battles of Civil War. Its perfect for teachers teaching on the civil war too.
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Summary: A wonderful historic novel
Review: Across Five Aprils is a wonderful recollection of what went on during the Civil War, through the eyes of a child. I loved the way the book is written, since we rarely get to experience what children live and how they feel and react to terrible events that not only influence but change their lives forever. It is true, this book is not a history one explaining past events, but a novel about everyday life in a time of war, and as such it includes some not very accurate comments on what happened, but it does a wonderful job telling us what people percieved to be happening at the time. I liked the way the main character Jethro is developed, because I felt I could identify with him, his experiences and his suffering. Also, I thought some of the books passages were very realistic, such as his encounter with President Lincoln. Finally, this is a book about family, about different points of view, about tragedy, but most of all, about an event that changed this country forever.
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Summary: Not for Young Readers
Review: The book "Across Five Aprils" is about a nine year-old boy named Jethro who lives on a farm in Illinois, during the Civil War. In history books people say the Abraham Lincoln was a hero. In this book, they criticized him and blamed him for all the bad things that happened in war.
The reason that the Union army lost battles, is that the Generals would ignore Lincoln's orders and would so something else. I think that "Across Five Aprils" is for older readers but do not let me stop you from reading this great book. I am loved it so much that I am going to read it again for my May novel!
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Summary: Good book
Review: Across Five Aprils is a well, written book and you should read it, but it may be too complex for young kids. Jethro Creighton shows true leadership in his early life as his brothers went to war, either fighting for the Union or the Confederates. When most people think of Abraham Lincoln, we think of him as a president EVERYONE liked from the beginning. Well, actually, he was not. Although he came out good in the end, the beginning was a rough one and during the election of 1860, he didnt even gain a majority in electoral votes, and ten southern states didnt even have his name on the voting ballot. This all has to deal with the coming of the war and the setting of this book. I rated this book a 4 because some parts of the book were a bit confusing, unless you reread it over again.
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Summary: not for younger readers
Review: i first tried reading this book when i was 8 or 9 because there was nothing else in the house that i hadnt read. Even then i had a fairly high reading level, and so most books like this were no problem. But this one i just couldn't read. It was moving too slowly in the beging. I tried reading it now at 14, and i found it more interesting and easier to read.
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Summary: bad book
Review: i honestly cannot tell you much about this book because i didnt finish it. i got up to chapter 3 or 4, then got bored out of my mind. one thing i did like about this book is that they spelled the words as the people pronounced them, like family was fam'ly and happy was 'appy, i think you get the picture. this also made it confusing in some points, where unless you said the word out loud you would not be able to figure out waht it meant. one more good thing was the characters had conflicts not only with other characters, but had internal fights. one of the sons, Bill, was a Northerner like his family, but did not believe in the North so he went against his family and fought for the South. i cant write more because i still need to find cliffnotes for this book-i didnt read it and i need to finish a packet on it ;)
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Summary: Across Five Aprils
Review: Across Five Aprils is a book that is set during the Civil War. It is about a 9-year-old boy named Jethro who lives on a farm in Illinois, and it chronicles his experiences across the five aprils that the war goes through.
I particularly enjoyed this book, because most books about boys set during the Civil War are about how the boys go off to fight. This book is different, because Jeth does not join the army. Instead, he stays at home and helps his family with the crops. I thought that this was a most refreshing change.
I learned many new things from this book. From my history books I had always gotten the impression that Lincoln was a grand hero. We know now that he was, but at the time, many people didn't think so. They criticized him and blamed him for all their problems when the war went wrong. In truth, when the Union army lost battles, it was because the Generals in charge ignored Lincoln's orders and did something different instead.
I would recommend this book to people ages 10 and up. I would not recommend it for younger children, because some of the things described in the book are a bit scary. It is, after all, about a war.
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Summary: what i think
Review: This book is realy a good book, i think that if you just get a few pages into the book you well realy like it. well i did not read it on my own, my teacher kinda mad my class read it. Im glad that she did because by the look of the book i would have never read this book, but thanks to my teacher i did and i like it. it is about a mom that had about 10 kids and two of her boys went to fight in the war. It tells how it would have been living during the civil war. Well thats what i think of this book. Dont just look at the book and not read it, just read this first chapter and i bet that you well like it , because i did, and all the kids in my class also like it. so just take some time to read it.
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