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Summary: Across Five Aprils.
Review: Across Five Aprils is a horrible read. It is based around a colicky 10-year-old boy named Jethro who lives on a potato farm on southern Illinois during the Civil War. Throughout the book, he whines about how horrible war is and how he wishes his brothers would come home from it. The combination of his constant complaints, his occupation of potato planting, and the fact that the "big adventure" is a four hour trip to the town of Newton, make this book about as exciting as watching grass grow.Do not get me wrong, the book has some redeeming qualities. It provides historical information in the form of letters from the brothers at war, and from Jetho's one-room schoolhouse education. The other positive things about the book have, for the moment, escaped me. Nonetheless, they were surpassed by the book's slow movement and the author's poor writing, lack of originality, and conformity with the "war is bad" theme in all its political correctness. Thus, my recommendation is to no one.
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Summary: Across Five Aprils
Review: I love this story and its characters. I am surprised to see that so many of your student reviewers have not enjoyed the book. Maybe it was forced on them without a proper preparation or background. I read it to my fifth and sixth graders every year and they love it. It is a great way to learn history.
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Summary: It tells about a family while the Civil War is going on
Review: It shows how the civil war effected a family that lives on a farm. Three of the sons go to fight in the army and out of them one dies and one becomes a deserter. They also have a another son that went to fight on the rebels side, so there were a group of people that hated the family for that. There daughter was in love with a man that went to war and he became wounded, but she eventually marrys him. Then there youngest son, Jethro, who was most loved, had to work on the farm after his father had a heart-attack. So I would say this is a touching story of a family and everything that happens to them on the way.
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Summary: Omg the most boring book ever!
Review: Ok...I'm not going to lie here..This book was down rite awful..It was the worst book i'v ever read! It was very small print and confusing and since i have glasses it didn't make it any better. Please save urself and don't read this book unless u have to!
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Summary: DON'T BOTHER!
Review: This book is so hard to understand! The dialoge is southern! I'm a new yorker! And I have to write a report on this book for 7th grade literature! This is probably one of the hardest books you will ever read! Don't read it unless you absolutley have to!
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Summary: Enjoyed this Book? No way.
Review: I was assigned to read this book in my 9th grade Honors Englishclass. I guess I wanted more family diolouge, because this book waspretty much all about the war and every single battle. I wanted more family situations. So if you want a civil war biography, buy this book, but if not, I don't recommend it.
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Summary: Don't Even Waste Your Time!
Review: There isn't much to say about this book. I was assigned to read it in 8th Grade English class, and I assumed that it wouldn't be as bad as it was. We hadn't read many books yet that year so I was sort of excited about reading it and hoped it would be a good book-soon my hopes were shattered. I didn't even finish the 1st chapter and I it was so boring that it seemed to take five Aprils to read. I only finished 4 chapters and I regreted reading each of them.
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Summary: Could a book be any worse?
Review: By far, this is the worst book I have ever been assigned to read in school. Our whole eighth grade class had to read this book and I don't think there was one person who liked it. I know the adult reviewers of this book seemed to like it more than the school-age reviewers and one went so far as to say that children would like it better when they were older and could understand its beauty better. However, I am not a child that can't understand books. I have read many great works which I know that many adults have never even dared touch (ex. The Catcher in the Rye, The Grapes of Wrath, Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Three Musketeers, The Red Badge of Courage, The adventures of Huckleberry Finn, etc.). I agree with many that this book is so boring that it would put many to sleep. I hated this book so much that when we turned our copies in, I thought that the best use for the stacks of books would either be firewood alternatives or for skeet.
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Summary: Across Five Aprils
Review: Jethro had brothers who fought for two different wars. Jethro was around during the Civil War. He was very sad beause of Abraham Lincoln's death. Jethro is from Illinois and Lincoln was too. Life isn't fair. The author of this book heard stories from her grandfather and that's what influenced her to write this book. The Civil War almost destroyed the whole South.
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Summary: Lost In Bordom
Review: I had to pick a book to read for my American History class and I'm in the 7th grade. Sorry, to say that this was not a good choice. It was very boring and hard to get into. I fell asleep after reading at least 3pages.This book is so BORING. I have to take a test over this book and I would rather fail then read this. I do not reccommend it to anyone.
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