The Yearling

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Summary: This is no children's book
Review: I read this book when I was about 13, and thought it was sort of boring, but ok. Despite being very well-read, I had a hard time getting through it, because it was so long, and the plot so rambling. I just read it as an adult. This book is terrific. The characters are great, the atmosphere is thick as soup, and the story is gripping. It's also very wise, and makes you appreciate GENUINELY rural life. Great book.

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Summary: Wonderful, buy why regarded as a "children's" book?
Review: This is one of the best books I've ever read; the characters are vivid, the story is engrossing, the depiction of life in a remote rural area is authentic. But even though the relationship between a young boy and his pet deer plays a primary role this book does not strike me as being a "children's" book. It is lengthy and contains adult themes more suitable for a book meant for more mature readers. Death, extreme hardship, starvation, attempted murder...this a kiddy story? I dismissed reading this book years ago because I thought, oh well, the story of a boy and his deer, ho hum, not interested. Well, this book has MUCH more depth than that. The review by younger readers who proclaim this book "boring" are not old enough to appreciate it. I would recommend this book to anyone mature enough to understands it's appeal and deeper meaning.

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Summary: Heart warming
Review: This book touches your heart in a special way, that makes you want to cry, I would reccommend this book to people that like wilderness books and nature stories. This review was written by Jennifer E. a 6th grader in Wyoming. Although this book was written in 1938 it is still a wonderful story even this year.

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Summary: Literary Analysis of The Yearling
Review: A young boy befriends a fawn and they become inseperable. In this classic novel, Rawlings uses a wide variety of vivid verbs and adjectives that beautifully describe the setting and plot of the story. The setting of the book plays an extremely role in the plot.

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Summary: The Yearling
Review: The Yearling is a wonderful book about a young boy growing up in the backwoods of Florida. The book focuses on the adventures and events that seem to have the greatest effects on his growing life. Jody, the young boy, finds that life is hard but sees it through with the guidance of a his best friend, Flag, a yearling deer. Throughout the story Jody is presented with many problems and usually overcomes them. In the end life "goes back on him" and he is forced to make the hardest decision of his life! Over all it's a great book, and I encourage everyone who loves adventure books to read it!

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Summary: A great book for people who love the outdoors.
Review: I loved the book! Sometimes I wish I could been in the book. It is a breath-taking book!The ending is very surprising. If you love to hunt this is the book for you.

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Summary: One of the top ten books written
Review: I believe that "The Yearling" is an excellent book. It is about a young boy named Jody Baxter who really wants a pet but his parents cannot allow him. His father, Ezra AKA Penny, gives in and lets him adopt a fawn whose mother was killed so Penny could use the organs to get the venum of a rattler out of him. Its an excellent book for the whole family! READ IT!!!

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Summary: A sad but compelling story
Review: I loved this book it made me never want to put it down. It had so much descriptive words that I felt as though I could be there. I even cried and not to many books give me so much emotions.

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Summary: it's long and for the mature reader
Review: I don't understand why this book is reccomended for young readers. It was ver tedious and the end was what made the whole thing worth it. I don't think younger readers will get the connection between how the yearling dies at the same time Jody's childhood or boyhood ends and his teen years come.

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Summary: Finely crafted story of a boy coming of age in Florida.
Review: This book is an assignment for my son entering 7th grade. He is dyslexic, so I am reading it on tape for him. Otherwise he could never get through a book of strange dialect and replete description such as this. Those of you who found the plot weak, and the story slow moving may not yet be mature enough to be able to appreciate the genius of Rawlings as she deftly develops the characters over this easy going romp through the Florida scrub of the early 20th century. The descriptions are like being able to listen, through your mind's eye, to Rawlings' recollection of this wild and fantastic land in which these simple people clawed out their existence. We have not yet finished the book, and my son is not enjoying it as much as I am. It takes a little more maturity and insight to really "get" this book.