Across Five Aprils

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Summary: no way!
Review: man...books don't get more boring than this...i recommend it only if you have nothing better to do.

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Summary: Not the best.
Review: I'm a college student and was doing research on young adult novels. For a runner up to the Newberry it was very dissapointing. It starts out well but then it soon begins to slow down and by the end starts to read like a history book. It is a fact that many young adults drop a book the minute they think they're being taught something. I'm sure this has been put down many times.

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Summary: A gem to be read and reread
Review: I have loved this book since I first read it 25 years ago. It presents great accounts of both everyday life and wartime in the previous century -- historical fiction at its best. But Irene Hunt excels at painting human beings and relationships -- the young boy, the family, even Abraham Lincoln. I agree with some other viewers that this book may require more maturity to appreciate than the average 6th-8th grader may possess. It's not all action; it's thought and emotions, too.

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Summary: A slow book.
Review: It was a slow book.I would not recommend it unless you are bored out of your mind.It is the kind of book that makes you go to sleep.But it has a good ending.

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Summary: It was fine.
Review: As a whole people who are looking for a thrill or a light read shouldn't read this. It's very descriptive and you need to devote your attention and a willing attitude to be able to enjoy it. I'm in 8th grade and thought that it was hard to stay into. Personally I would have rather read something else, but I did get a good sense of life during the civil war and I suppose that's why I was made to read it.

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Summary: An Awesome Book!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I read Across Five Aprils when I was in 6th grade and I loved it! It is very slow at first but then it is so cool! All of the 8th graders who read this and said it stunk, I was only in 6th grade and I loved it! I suggest that you read it. You have got to stick to the book! Keep reading! You'll love this book!

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Summary: Excellent story
Review: This is an excellent book which lets the reader see the Civil War through the eyes of a young man who is coming of age.

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Summary: Very Good!
Review: This is an excellent book. I would suggest this book to any other. This step-by-step book tells about the civil war, and the epic tale of a family going through love and hate.

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Summary: This book was very interesting in many ways
Review: I had to read this book as an 8th grade reading assignment. At first i didn't want to be bothered with it, and then after we started discussing it in class, I realized it is probably very interestin. Although the dialect is VERY thick, it brings you back to the time of the Civil War and it makes it seem like you are there. I reccomend everyone to read this book, if they are studying the Civil War becuase it shows, in depth, what the war was like!

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Summary: This book was terrible and boring!
Review: I read this book in 8th grade. It was the worst book I've ever read. It's confusing and slow, and extremly boring! No one should have to read this book!