The Yearling (Scribner's Illustrated Classics)

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Summary: Indeed a classic!
Review: After moving to Florida, I had to sample this classic. I was looking for local color in my newly adopted state. WOW - it grabs you with colorful descriptions of subsistance living in the Florida scrub. The boy's feelings towards his parents and neighbors are powerful explorations of growing up.
It has wonderful descriptions of the boy and his love for a fawn that grows into a troublesome yearling that threatens his family's livelihood. A real coming-of-age story.
Should have equal appeal to teens and adults, really a great story. Read it with your kid and discuss the numerous topics it raises (hunting, loyalty, duty, nurturing, assessing people, nature, and so much more).

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Summary: Amazing book
Review: Amazing book about the love between a boy and a deer in central Florida. The book shows how hard life was in the early 1900's and how people had to work so hard for their lives. It has a very sad ending, but a very realistic one. The Yearling is a classic that I will always remember. If you like this book, check out Where the Red Fern Grows, and The Call of the Wild.

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Summary: Amazing book
Review: Amazing book about the love between a boy and a deer in central Florida. The book shows how hard life was in the early 1900's and how people had to work so hard for their lives. It has a very sad ending, but a very realistic one. The Yearling is a classic that I will always remember. If you like this book, check out Where the Red Fern Grows, and The Call of the Wild.

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Summary: A wonderful book, buy it
Review: I really enjoyed this book. It is so descriptive, you can just see everything. It is not for the person who needs superficial excitement, but more for the thinker. Someone who has an appreciation for nature and the earth will really enjoy this book. This book made me cry more than once. I want to get the movie now, but I know it just can't be as good as the book. I actually have a pet deer myself, so I was really able to relate.

As for those who said it was slow paced. They didn't have a true understanding for the book Yes, the book is slow paced in some places, but so was life back then. The descriptive words are what brought the book alive.

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Summary: Good Book..............
Review: My Review of the Yearling

Do you enjoy reading books that involve suspense, thrilling hunting chases, conflict, and love? Then The Yearling is the right book for you. The Yearling's main characters are Jody, Ma (Ory), and Pa (Penny) Baxter. The Baxter family farms for a living and they barely get by with the meager rations they obtain from their crops and hunting.
Because life in South Central Florida is tough, Ma Baxter is very concerned about not having enough to survive. It has made her be insensitive and she is strict with Jody and does not have a good relationship with him. On the other hand Penny Baxter is more laid back and relaxed and Jody gets along wit him just fine.
The Forresters are the Baxter's neighbors. They have an easier life than the Baxters because they are wealthier and don't have to work as hard as the Baxters to survive. Jody is a friend with one of the Forresters' sons. His name is Fodder-wing and he is a cripple. Although Fodder-wing cannot do all the things other boys his age can do, he has a way with animals. Jody is also fond of animals and visits Fodder-wing and his many pets as often as he can.
Jody wishes he could have something to call his own like Fodder-wing's animals, but Ma will not allow it. When Penny shoots a doe and its fawn is left all alone, Jody cannot help to feel sorry for it. So he begs Penny to let him keep it. Penny agrees and Jody goes into the woods to find it. Finally Jody has something to call his own.
I think The Yearling is an interesting book. The author tells the account so well because she actually lived in South Central Florida for a while. She is very good writer. She uses descriptive words to make the book come alive. Although the book is very well written it is hard to understand and is annoying to read when the characters talk. They have a strong accent and use horrible grammar. Still the book is very well written.
My favorite part of the book is when Jody and Penny go hunting. It is very interesting to read and makes you want to keep reading to find out what happens next. It feels like you're right next to the Baxter's hunting dogs chasing a bear or a deer through the woods.
In this book there is conflict between families, sickness, death, and fighting to name some of the not so happy parts of the book. But on the brighter side there is Jody and his fawn that he loves so much. During the book Jody watches as his fawn becomes a yearling and Penny watches as Jody becomes a man.

By: Nick Nendel
465 words

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Summary: The Yearling
Review: My Review of the Yearling

Do you enjoy reading books that involve suspense, thrilling hunting chases, conflict, and love? Then The Yearling is the right book for you. The Yearling's main characters are Jody, Ma (Ory), and Pa (Penny) Baxter. The Baxter family farms for a living and they barely get by with the meager rations they obtain from their crops and hunting.
Because life in South Central Florida is tough, Ma Baxter is very concerned about not having enough to survive. It has made her be insensitive and she is strict with Jody and does not have a good relationship with him. On the other hand Penny Baxter is more laid back and relaxed and Jody gets along wit him just fine.
The Forresters are the Baxter's neighbors. They have an easier life than the Baxters because they are wealthier and don't have to work as hard as the Baxters to survive. Jody is a friend with one of the Forresters' sons. His name is Fodder-wing and he is a cripple. Although Fodder-wing cannot do all the things other boys his age can do, he has a way with animals. Jody is also fond of animals and visits Fodder-wing and his many pets as often as he can.
Jody wishes he could have something to call his own like Fodder-wing's animals, but Ma will not allow it. When Penny shoots a doe and its fawn is left all alone, Jody cannot help to feel sorry for it. So he begs Penny to let him keep it. Penny agrees and Jody goes into the woods to find it. Finally Jody has something to call his own.
I think The Yearling is an interesting book. The author tells the account so well because she actually lived in South Central Florida for a while. She is very good writer. She uses descriptive words to make the book come alive. Although the book is very well written it is hard to understand and is annoying to read when the characters talk. They have a strong accent and use horrible grammar. Still the book is very well written.
My favorite part of the book is when Jody and Penny go hunting. It is very interesting to read and makes you want to keep reading to find out what happens next. It feels like you're right next to the Baxter's hunting dogs chasing a bear or a deer through the woods.
In this book there is conflict between families, sickness, death, and fighting to name some of the not so happy parts of the book. But on the brighter side there is Jody and his fawn that he loves so much. During the book Jody watches as his fawn becomes a yearling and Penny watches as Jody becomes a man.

By: Nick Nendel
465 words

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Summary: The Yearling
Review: The Yearling, by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, is a touching book about a boy and his fawn. I liked this book because it was neat to see the relationship between the boy and Flag (his fawn). It showed how far Jody would go to keep his pet from out of trouble. Also, it seemed that the more problems Flag created, the stronger the bond came among them. Another reason why I liked this book is because it was fun to read about life during that time period. It was interesting to read of all they had to do, especially when it came to walking long distance. If they forgot to tell someone something, they'd have to walk all the way back just to say what they needed to say. Furthermore, when they lived by "neighbors", they still lived fairly far away from each other. Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read a great book.

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Summary: A wonderful coming of age story about nature and tragedy.
Review: This is a wonderful tale that is a great one to read to children. It is about a boy called Jody Baxter who lives in a backwoods Florida cabin with his parents. Jody's overwhelming desire is to own something of his own, so when he discovers an orphaned fawn one day he is delighted. This year old fawn will not only become his best friend, but it will help him learn to become a man. During the course of this heart-warming novel, Jody has witnessed both human tragedy and the violent course of nature. This is a wonderful book that shows the relation of man to nature and the curves that nature can throw at the human race.

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Summary: Wonderful, buy why regarded as a "children's" book?
Review: This is one of the best books I've ever read; the characters are vivid, the story is engrossing, the depiction of life in a remote rural area is authentic. But even though the relationship between a young boy and his pet deer plays a primary role this book does not strike me as being a "children's" book. It is lengthy and contains adult themes more suitable for a book meant for more mature readers. Death, extreme hardship, starvation, attempted murder...this a kiddy story? I dismissed reading this book years ago because I thought, oh well, the story of a boy and his deer, ho hum, not interested. Well, this book has MUCH more depth than that. The review by younger readers who proclaim this book "boring" are not old enough to appreciate it. I would recommend this book to anyone mature enough to understands it's appeal and deeper meaning.