Homesick: My Own Story

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Summary: Not Fritz's Best Writing
Review: Jean Fritz's childhood biography was quite boring and bland at the beginning of 'Homesick', yet the impressive second half made up for the poor first half. The beginning focuses on school troubles, potassium, and name-calling. The second half focused more on China and the journey to America, which brought my attention. So, if I could, I would give this book 2 and 1/2 stars. But if you do ever read it, go for the second half.

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Summary: Great and interesting story
Review: Jean writes her life story true but not boring. She doesn't bore you with all the detail she just spits it out

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Summary: A book worth reading
Review: THE BOOK Homesick:My Own Story is about a REAL author telling of the times when she lived in China and her thoughts and feelings. Now Jean Fritz is a well known author- not a girl homesick for a home she had never been in.What really got me interested in her book was her.She came to my school when I was studying China (2nd grade).I have always been a reader(I read the 4th Harry Potter book in less then 12 hrs!), even in 2nd grade, but at the time, I wasn't interested in thosew types of history and culture books.I recently joined a book club and they choose the book.Now I'm glad I read it.....it is one of the best historical books I have ever read! (my friend is going 2 CHINA!)

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Summary: The book was better than reading a social studies textbook.
Review: The book made me feel happy because they agreed on what should happen for the country. It gives you many details that are not in other books.

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Summary: A Journey with Fritz
Review: This engaging story gives you a view of how Jean fritz felt and lived in China during the war.Her move to the USA was exciting for her as she encounted many 'mishaps and troubles' along the way.You should reallly read this book, if you are interested in biographies and foreign countries, such as China.I give this book 5 stars as she describes well in detail about her life and inner thoughts during the early 1920's.I am reading this book as an literature assignment and felt that this book was the one.Jean Fritz is a great author!

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Summary: Adventure in Pre-Communist China
Review: This was quite an amazing story. I hadn't known that Jean Fritz was born in China and lived there until she was twelve years old. As the Communist government took over, Jean and her family had some harrowing times! No attempt was made by Fritz to gloss over or romanticize her life in China. I found the book extremely engrossing.

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Summary: My fifth grade students and I loved this book.
Review: We loved this book because we were able to do an author study on Jean Fritz. We have read many of her books. The fifth grade curriculum requires us to study American History. Reading books by Jean Fritz has allowed my students and I to approach history with an open mind. Getting away from the text books has been enjoyable for all of us. Learning through literature is very effective and we have grasped many historical concepts by reading these books.

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Summary: My 5th grade students and I loved this story.
Review: We loved this story because we were able to do an author study on Jean Fritz. We read quite a few books from her such as "Where was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May," "Shhh We're Writing the Constitution," " What's the Big Idea Ben Franklin?," "Why don't you get a horse Sam Adams?," and "Wha't the Big Idea Ben Franklin?" The fifth grade requires us to study American History, and these books really allowed my students to read about history with an open mind. They grasped many historical concepts through the use of these pieces of literature.