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Summary: Here is a review from Booklist:
Review: "The pleasing precision of the writing finds visual expression in S.D. Schindler's sensitive ink drawings, tinted with delicate watercolor washes. Another winning story that successfully combines fantasy and reality." Booklist
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Summary: Jane on her own
Review: In this book, Jane flies away from Harriet, James, Thelma and Roger and finds a man named Poppa. It is a quick five chapter book. I really liked it. I read it for my second grade reading class.
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Summary: Imaginative and Charming Story
Review: Jane On her Own, by Ursula K. Le Guin, is a marvelous and imaginative story about a cat with wings named Jane. Jane lives on a farm with other winged cats. The elder cats caution her about the danger of being a winged cat and traveling away from the farm. "Being different is difficult." Just the same, Jane is young and wants to have adventures so she flies off to the city anyway. Upon arriving in the city Jane meets a nice man who nonetheless wants to profit off of her uniqueness. The man keeps Jane against her will, making her a television sensation. Later, after Jane escapes the man, she finds her mother and takes up permanent residence with a kindly old woman. In the end Jane learns the value of freedom and being unique. Le Guin's writing is simple and beautifully understated. The illustrations by S.D. Schindler are wonderful and evocative. I loved Jane
On her Own and look forward to reading the rest of the books in the series.Preston McClear
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Summary: Imaginative and Charming Story
Review: Jane On her Own, by Ursula K. Le Guin, is a marvelous and imaginative story about a cat with wings named Jane. Jane lives on a farm with other winged cats. The elder cats caution her about the danger of being a winged cat and traveling away from the farm. "Being different is difficult." Just the same, Jane is young and wants to have adventures so she flies off to the city anyway. Upon arriving in the city Jane meets a nice man who nonetheless wants to profit off of her uniqueness. The man keeps Jane against her will, making her a television sensation. Later, after Jane escapes the man, she finds her mother and takes up permanent residence with a kindly old woman. In the end Jane learns the value of freedom and being unique. Le Guin's writing is simple and beautifully understated. The illustrations by S.D. Schindler are wonderful and evocative. I loved Jane
On her Own and look forward to reading the rest of the books in the series. Preston McClear
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Summary: Jane on her own
Review: This is a charming story. S. D. Schindler's illustrations are fabulous - the cats live and move - and Ursula LeGuin's characterisations are spot on too. Jane, one of the Catwings, gets bored with her quiet life on the farm and decides to have "adventures." Unfortunately she falls in with a guy who, while seeming to love her, keeps her locked up and performing tricks for television cameras. This story is a wonderful fantasy for cat lovers of all ages. The moral (if you need a little medicine in your sugar) is that if you really love someone, you'll give them their freedom.
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Summary: Jane on her own
Review: This is a charming story. S. D. Schindler's illustrations are fabulous - the cats live and move - and Ursula LeGuin's characterisations are spot on too. Jane, one of the Catwings, gets bored with her quiet life on the farm and decides to have "adventures." Unfortunately she falls in with a guy who, while seeming to love her, keeps her locked up and performing tricks for television cameras. This story is a wonderful fantasy for cat lovers of all ages. The moral (if you need a little medicine in your sugar) is that if you really love someone, you'll give them their freedom.
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Summary: Jane on Her Own: A Catwings Tale
Review: This one was about a cat with wings who goes on a journey to find her mother. Not quite as good as Catwings. Has good color illustrations and I would recommend it to the 1st through the 4th grade.
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