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Summary: Tear-Jerker and Laugh-Jerker Book!
Review: This has to be one of the best books I have ever read. Cushman is an amazing author and this is one of her best works. You never know what's going to happen next. This book made me cry, laugh, and realize that I should count my blessings.
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Summary: This is a great book.
Review: This is a great book.Karen Cushman descibes everthing so precisley that I could almost see them in front of me. She made me understand the gold rush much better.
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Summary: California, Lucy, Whipple is a wonderful rich character.
Review: This is a story to make you laugh and cry and count your blessing, while wishing their was still a frontier to conquer. Karen Cushman has really explored the soul of Lucky Diggins and the spirit of the pioneer. I couldn't help but admire the spirit of Lucy's mother and some of the colourful metaphors she uses. "Some time minds are like diapers and need changing." This is a great book to read with your children, even my boy children liked it. Don't let them say they don't want to read it because its about a girl and there is no "action" in it. Lots happens, even though no one battles aliens. We loved the Little House Books and this is a great addition to the " pioneer genre". Its not as sweet but more filling.
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Summary: A Great Book
Review: This is definitly one of my favorite books of all times, although I would make the age group 10-13 years old insteed of 10-12 years old. Lucy, an east coast girl, is pulled out to California by her mother when her father dies. All Lucy can think about in Califoria is ways to get her back home. But when Lucy realizes that it just ain't possble, she starts to enjoy life more. Another great book that I have read written by Karen Cushman is, "Catherine Called Birdy", another great book.
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Summary: This was a great book.
Review: This was a great book. It sucked me in and I swear I couldn't put it down! I have always been interested in the wild west, and this book brought that to life for me. I noticed that another reader had commented that "all Cushman writes about are bratty and ungreatful kids" Well, I have a response: Bratty and Ungreatful kids can be interesting too! And I would exactly call Lucy bratty at the end of the book.. Definitly read this.
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Summary: An enjoyable story
Review: This was an enjoyable read, although I didn't find it to be so exciting or intense that I couldn't put it down. It is full of great characters and dialogue that really gives you a feel for the time and place. It is both comical and tender. Overall, I'd say that this is a good story, and would especially recommend it for young girls.
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Summary: You Should Read This BOOK.
Review: We give this book 5 stars and 2 thumbs up. We think you should read it. You will be amazed.The reason we gave this book 5 stars 2 thumbs is because it gives you pictures in your head. Also it gives you a good idea what it was like back then. By Jillian, Ali, Sarah, Jeni, and Moriah
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Summary: We liked the book a lot
Review: We give this book The Ballad of Lucy Whipple. 4 stars and two thumbs up. We like it because she writes letters to friends and family with intrsesting words. The star not counted for was because its sad and used a couple of bad words. We highly recomend this book to you!
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Summary: Karen Cushman's books have hit rock bottom!!!
Review: When California Morning Whipple's mother surprisingly takes their family away from their peaceful life in Massachusetts and drags them off to a mining camp called Lucky Diggins' in California to start a new life and possibly strike it rich, she thinks that life can never be the same again. When they reach California, all California Morning sees is dry, cracked ground and some lizards hiding behind rocks to keep away from the blazing hot sun. "No school, no lending library, no one to talk to but these rough old miners!!! And where are all the gold paved sidewalks and gold rivers I've heard so much about from all the men back in Massachusetts?" she thought. "All I see is a barren old wasteland." This disappointment makes California Morning dislike California even more!!! Because of how rotten California Morning thinks this place is, she decides that it's too much of a disgrace to be called by her name anymore. After thinking long and hard, she decides from now on that she will be called...Lucy. Over time Lucy grows and learns to deal and love her strange new environment. Her life is becoming less busy and she is starting to see how peaceful California can be...but did she speak too soon? Karen Cushman did a nice job writing this story, but she could have done a lot better putting you in Lucy's shoes. She had no description and never told how her character's felt about their horrible situations they got into on a daily basis. She never left me hanging at the end of a chapter, and the story's ending was obvious. I have read some other books by Karen Cushman and I have to say that I think this has to be her worst. I think this may be almost the worst book I've ever read. It won't stick out in my memory whenever I recommend a book to someone, because its plot is copied from a ton of other books I've read where a girl has to overcome her bad situation. I don't even think this book deserves 1 star, but Amazon.com didn't let me give it a 0.
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Summary: Karen Cushman's Best
Review: When I was nearly finished with LUCY WHIPPLE my teacher told me that I might be assighned to that book for a book report. But that would have been fine with me, because I enjoyed it so much that I would've been glad to read it again. LUCY WHIPPLE is set in the mid 1800's, the time of The California Gold Rush. It is about a girl whos mother decides to move from Massachusets to California to search for gold. Unfortunately, Lucy hates the town (Lucky Diggins) they move to, and wants to move back to Massachusets. This book was funny, original, yet it had some features that every book must have. LUCY WHIPPLE had some sad parts that made me cry. But all books must have something sad. Some authors don't write the sad parts very well, but Cushman did a fabulus job. The ending suprised me, and I'm glad Cushman chose to end it like that. LUCY WHIPPLE is definately on my list of "Books That Everyone Must Read".
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