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Summary: Wonderful book, deserves respect
Review: Hunt's novel about the American Civil War was a wonderfully written book. I loved reading it when I was younger and I saved it to reread as I got older. I have read the book so many times the pages are tearing. It saddens me to realize that there are kids out there who can't understand why this book is definately not boring.
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Summary: infomative, but boring
Review: Hunt tried to cram too much information into 1 book. The story was not destinct enough and was shadowed by stero types and more.
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Summary: Across 5 Aprils is about a boy Jethro and the Civil War
Review: The book that I am reviewing is Across 5 Aprils. It is a book about the Civil War. Though you are never actually in a war in this book you hear about how bad they are and who is winning and such from other characters in the book. In this book the main character is Jethro. Jethro is a young boy whose brothers go to was and he is left to take care if things. He feels like a real man when his dad sends him with the horse and carriage to get a newspaper where he sees the father of the man who killed his sister. My opinion of the Across 5 Aprils is that it is a pretty good book. I liked the story, it wasn't like the Red Badge of Courage where it is just detail after detail. It was a very well written book I would recommend it to just about anyone, and if you had to do a Civil war book report (like me) I would especially recommend it. Across 5 Aprils is about a kid named Jethro and his family who get caught up in the Civil War, their other son went to war and was not expected to return because the war was so brutal and terrible. The people reported of other battles, some the South won, and some the North won. But in the end we all know who won and that the slaves are freed.
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Summary: The Perfect Way to Review The Civil War (Jackie Bolton)
Review: The Book was really good! It helps you understand the Civil War a little better. It was inspirational, and it has great details. I recommend that everyone reads this book. Once you start reading it, you can't put it down!
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Summary: It was good I am in the eighth grade.
Review: It was good now I know how it was like when they had to go to Civil War and the younger people had to take care of their families.
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Summary: Ok
Review: The people who are gving this book 1s,2s,3s, and 4s, need to get a life. Yes, it was quite boring, but a book about most of you'lls lives would be just as, and much more DULL. If I hadn't had to read it for school I would of enjoyed it a bit more. If you look into it you can see some good points and touching morals of the Creighton family. To those of you who totally hated it I advise that next time you read a book don't just read the words, but take a minute and think about what the words are really saying.
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Summary: A charming and worth-while read
Review: Firstly, I am an Australian who is interested in the Civil War. I have had no formal education about American history and have only started to become a serious student of the Civil War through my husband's interest in the event. I am greatly fascinated by the effects that Civil War (as with the Holocaust) had on the people of the country. I found Across Five Aprils a perfect introduction to Civil War fiction. It was well researched and written with great compassion. As a "foreigner", I found the apparent "Lincon" worshipping a bit much, but now, after a lot more research and many hours of watching documentaries and reading non-fiction works, I can understand the writer's adulation, especially from Jethro's adolescent point of view. Indeed, I was deeply moved by the last few pages, even to the point of tears as I could imagine Jethro's pain at the loss of his (for want of a better term) last great hope. I am greatly amused by other reader's opinions of the book being "boring". Well, what can you expect? Amazon describes it as a fictional work. It doesn't say "Read the exiting adventures of a farmer boy as he single handedly wins the Civil War" does it? This is an excellent read, as the author is so damned good at descriptive prose that you can feel the heat of the fields, take pleasure in the simple pleasures of these people's lives (who could've imagined that salads would have been such a treat!), rejoice in their small triumphs and feel for them in their loss. I would whole-heartedly recommend this book for "foreigners" with an interest in the Civil War and its effects on an everyday rural family. I also liked this book as I was an avid fan of the Laura Ingalls Wilder (spelling?) Little House series as a child, and I sort of found this book in much the same style.
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Summary: I felt the book was horrible, who wants to read about this.
Review: It was no fun at all, it was to stretched out, at least Hunt could have smashed it all together to make it a bit more exciting, i mean come on.
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Summary: love or hate
Review: I thought Across Five Aprils was a great book myself. The charecters were really deep, and it gave you a scence of what it would have been like to live back when Jethro and his family did. I think Irene Hunt did a great job of geting the reader to understand where the charecters were coming from. You will either love this book or hate it. It's know where inbetween. i recomend you giving this book a chance. Who knows it might just be your type. If your looking for info on the civil war you could get some really good stuf out of it.
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Summary: Excellently told story of the Civil War
Review: I did not read Across Five Aprils by choice and did not expect to like a story about a boy named Jethro and his family. Suprisingly I was pulled into the story right away. I found the characters feelings very real. It painted a very real image of the times. I felt, for a few hours a day, that I was living on a farm in southern Illinois during the Civil War. I read the book for the first time over 2 years ago but I still find my self fliping through it now and then to find one of those many lines that really touched me.
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