Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A

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Summary: You'd love it.......if you are a girl.
Review: I thought that "A Tree grows in Brooklyn" was a very well written book. Yet, I am a boy, and the sort of topics hand-picked by Smith didn't appeal to me. This was issued to me through the summer reading program at my high school. Being dissapointed with the previously picked "Anne Frank", I figured this would be the typical, mushy, girl book. Yet it was very moving and kept me reading. If you like this, I would recommend anything about the Great Depression. See ya!

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Summary: An experiance
Review: This book, plainly put, is about the beauty of living. It is about waking up in the morning and seeing the beauty of life before you. It's about living with dignity and taking pride in what you are. It's about taking things as they come and not letting anything, no matter how hurtful, defeat you. But it's also about pain, living with pain and rejection. This is a beautiful book that is not read. It is lived. I will never forget this book.

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Summary: A GRRRRRRREAT Read!
Review: I had to read this book for Battle of the Books and I was not looking foward to it, but I'm glad that I had to read it because I would have missed out on one heck of a story! This book is about a girl, Francie, and her growing up in a town called Brooklyn. It talks about her as a little baby and the troubles she went through (such as being a sickly little baby and having a younger brother that was liked more than she was) and it talks about her and her growing into a woman and the things she wants and the things that she has to do, the jobs that she has and her troubles with college ( i.e. getting in since she did not graduate from high school) and, to me the most important, how her family pulls together in hard times (like when there is hardly any food, how they pay bills and how they keep money) This book is truley a great book to read on a "fire escape and looking out onto a tree". Don't waste your time, hurry up and enjoy this book because, believe me, it is totally worth your time.

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Summary: A written photograph
Review: If you are looking for a straightforward plot, this book is not for you. This is a beautiful novel, but beware, it requires more patience than others do. I can understand the complaints of some readers, in that the "story goes nowhere". In a sense, this book is like a written photograph of the life of Francie, from the time she is 11 until she goes off to college. Betty Smith created her character and her environment and started crafting a tale about her life in exquisite detail. I enjoyed the "mundane" explanations and descriptions of what she sees or does in her everyday life. I have never been to Brooklyn, but i bet the author is extremely accurate in all her depictions, both of place and people. There is a very sweet, almost innocent touch in her writing style, something i have observed in other writers of her generation. In summary, a wonderful book that is a breath of fresh air in today's literature.

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Summary: one of the best books out there
Review: When i first bought the book, i had heard what a great book it was and how it was one the best books out there. As i began to read i wasnt sure if i was gonna like it as much as others had but i read on anyway. After the starting the second chapter, the book had literally absorbed almost all of my attention. While reading it i felt as though the characters were living next door and i knew them for my whole life. Its a complicated book about a girl living in brooklyn scrounching for money, learning about life, and basically growing up. I would have to say that no words i write can describe the book to its best. It is one of the best books i've ever read in my life and i recommend it.

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Summary: I Loved It!
Review: I thought that this book was one of the best I've ever read. I personally don't like reading that much, but I found that I just couldn't put the book down. I loved it. Anyone who doesn't read this book is missing out and anyone who didn't like it is crazy.

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Summary: An eternal classic
Review: Prima! As in Prima Donna, of course. (Read the book to understand that reference) This book covers the entire emotional spectrum for both characters and readers. I read it looking for a simple story, but when I was asked what it was about, I couldn't find simple words for it, though the hours spent reading it flew by. I wish this beautiful story hadn't ended. This book should be read under a tree with mountains in the background to complete it's Romantic and Realist era finesse.

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Summary: Great Book
Review: A deeply moving and all around great book. Smith captivates the spirit of a young girl in full. One of the best pound for pound books of our time. Being 13 years old and just getting into classical reading I would say this book is very easy to understand and read. It compares easily with To Kill A Mockingbird and Diary of Anne Frank.

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Summary: A Great Book!
Review: I only started reading this book because it was required for my English class. The first 70 or so pages were very hard to get into but once I hit 100 I couldn't put it down! There are amazing characters in this book and when it ends you wish there was a sequel. I've read it twice in 3 years and will read it again in years to come.

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Summary: A bittersweet novel
Review: This book is a bittersweet novel about a girl growing up in Brooklyn in the early 1900s. Even though her family is poor they still know what is important in life. All the characters come to life in this book. Francie is described from ages 11-16. I like her character better as a child than a teenager. This is a very well written book. I would recommend that every American should read it for a taste of a different life style.