Indigo

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Summary: Great summer read
Review: If your looking for a book for summer about the lake or ocean, Indigo is the perfect book to read. Indigo I think is a four star book. It's good for ages 6-66. It's not too hard to read. The characters are Martha, Trout(Trevor) and Eel(Eli). Martha is caring, a good friend, willing and nice. Trout is caring, willing, helpful, a good friend and cares for his brother Eel. Eel is quiet, willing and cares for his brother Trout. This story is imaginative, mystical, discriptive, enchanting and sad at times. Oak Grove is a hot, hot dry place and all the people dread the water because of a giant flood, but Martha, Trout and Eel love the water. So one day they set out on a quest to find water. But then Marthas arm breaks so they have to go back. Oak Grove has another huge flood and it fills up the creek. Will they drain up the water or keep it? You'll find out if you read Indigo.

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Summary: Water isn't everything
Review: Indigo by Alice Hoffman is a phenomenal book that is about three kids named Martha, and brothers Trout and Eel. Martha and the brothers live in a place called Oak Grove which is nowhere near water and all of the people in the town except for Martha, Trout and Eel, are scared of water because of a nasty flood. Because the brothers aren't afraid of water and have webbed hands, the townspeople think they are wierd. In the three kids' search for water, they go on a journey for only one night, because it started raining then flooding and they were worried about their loved ones. When they got back to town, they found the town had flooded and the people were on their roofs. Then Trout and Eel become heroes by saving the town, even though they were outcasts.

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Summary: Kayla from Richview Middle School
Review: Indigo is a good book thatI would recomend for anyone who is looking for something to read in a short time.
Indigo is about a young girl named Martha Glimmer. I liked this Character even though the author doesnt go into depth about her, nor any other character in the book. Its only 84 pages. The story also follows two other characters who I loved, Trevor and Eli Mcgill. Two Brothers with a mysterius backround. They are very different from anyone else in Oak Grove. Evreyone in this dried up town is huanted by memories of a past flood. You'll find out what is so wierd about the boys as you read this book.
These three friends are all board with there town and they all have thier reasons for wanting to leave. Martha is running away from the death of someone close to her, and th Trevor and Eli have always wanted to see the ocean. Infact these boys have some very "fishy" qualities.
I enjoyed this book a lot and I was sad when it ended. I think if you read this book you'll feel the same way. If I were to rank this book from 1-10, I would give it an 8.

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Summary: Indigo
Review: Indigo is a good book thatI would recomend for anyone who is looking for something to read in a short time.
Indigo is about a young girl named Martha Glimmer. I liked this Character even though the author doesnt go into depth about her, nor any other character in the book. Its only 84 pages. The story also follows two other characters who I loved, Trevor and Eli Mcgill. Two Brothers with a mysterius backround. They are very different from anyone else in Oak Grove. Evreyone in this dried up town is huanted by memories of a past flood. You'll find out what is so wierd about the boys as you read this book.
These three friends are all board with there town and they all have thier reasons for wanting to leave. Martha is running away from the death of someone close to her, and th Trevor and Eli have always wanted to see the ocean. Infact these boys have some very "fishy" qualities.
I enjoyed this book a lot and I was sad when it ended. I think if you read this book you'll feel the same way. If I were to rank this book from 1-10, I would give it an 8.

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Summary: Home to the sea!
Review: Once again as she did in her first novel for younger readers, Aquamarine, Alice Hoffman delights readers of all ages with her book Indigo. Focusing on the magical nature of the sea, the author introduces us to memorable characters we won't soon forget.

Oak Grove is a town which fears water. Years before there was a devestating flood and now there is little water anywhere - pools are covered over, showers are taken with a minimum amount of time and few if any even think about a vacation at the sea. In this dry town live three children linked by the parched land who do dream about seeing an ocean, river or even a stream. Martha is best friends with Eel and Trout, adopted twins. For this young woman the loss of her mother and her father's unremitting grief and loneliness fill her with a need for the friendship of these brothers. Martha is also beginning to think that life away from Oak Grove, near water would be much better for her as well as the twins. For it is the the twins who have always had dreams about living near the ocean although why remains a mystery to them. And then one day Martha decides its time for them to find the ocean but shortly into their journey, the town of Oak Grove is threatened by a flood and the outcome of the flood and their adventure will forever change these young peoples lives.

In this slim volume, Hoffman has written volumes about the forces of love, friendships and following ones own paths and desires. This is a book well suited for adolescents and adults alike. It is always a joy to read anything by Alice Hoffman, particularly when it is a moral tale. And Nobody does realtionships and love better than Hoffman. I hope that she will continue to write books for younger adults and adults as well with these wonderful themes and I will surely continue to read all of her books. In case you couldn't tell Alice Hoffman is one of my very favorite writers.

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Summary: Kayla from Richview Middle School
Review: The main characters are Martha a motherless young girl, and her two best friends Trevor and Eil McGill. Whoes nicknames are Trout and Ele. The story begins telling you about how trout and Ele got to Glen Oak. Trout and Ele moved to Glen Oak grom Ocean City. Trout and Ele are very different from most humanes, they have webbed fingers and toes. The town of Oak Grove had a major flood 15 years before the McGill brothers cane to town. And the town is terrified by wate. And that is a bit of a problem for the McGill brothers because they love water. Charlie and Kate McGill , the boys step parents found the two boys helpless by the ocean in Ocean City so they moved back to Oak Grove. But what the boys don't know is that they are really mer-people. And that explains why they have webbed fingers and toes. Later in the story another flood comes and washes away the town and is forcing the residence of the town to head to high grounds. The town was so terrified of water that no one took the time to learn how to swim. And the only people in the town that know how to swim are Trout and Ele. So Trout and Ele become hero's because thet saved the town. And that to me was the most climatic moment in the story. The story ends when everything goes back to normal. And the McGill brothers find out the truth about them selves. I liked the book because it was very exciting and I didn't want to put it down. If i were going to convince a friend to read Indigo. The preson would have to like a book about adventure and self discovery. And if they do I would have to recommend Indigo.

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Summary: indigo
Review: This book did not have a very real plot Alice should have put some excitment into it. I thought the story would be good when Trevor, Eli and Martha decided to leave home but they quickly ended up having to turn around. This is a very quick read (i read it in an hour) although this book is not all that good Alice Hofman's other book Aquamarine is very exciting.

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Summary: ~*angelshark*~'s reveiw
Review: This book was really great. I won't bother to put the plot down because plenty of people already did that. I just want to say that if I had to choose only one book to read for the rest of my life, this would be the one! It's very relaxing, some books get you all stirred up and put you on edge, but this is just and easy-to-read feel good story. There are no "edge-of-your-seat" plot twists, or lots of action, in fact, the plot is pretty predictible, but that kind of just adds to its charm. My only complaint about this book is that it was short!

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Summary: Indigo Reveiw
Review: This is a fair book, and it's nice because you can read it while you're waiting for something (i read it in a n hour). It was a little messed up because they never actually got to the ocean, and there were a lot of flashbacks. There wasn't really a point to this book, and the first chapter was almost all complaints, and it went a little too quickly. It was really pointless when Martha broke her arm, as it had absolutley no meaning whatsoever, and the nicknames were a little pathetic. the ending was also a little disappointing.

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Summary: Lush Emotion and a Dash of Ocean Magic
Review: This is another of the (three?) young adult novels written by Alice Hoffman, who is a favourite of mine (she wrote "Practical Magic," which is hands down one of my favourite books, ever). This is an even shorter tale than the first young adult Hoffman I read, "Green Angel."

Basically, the tale of "Indigo," is the tale of a young girl, Martha Glimmer, who is coming of age in a painful environment - her father is currently quite numb after the death of her mother nearly a year earlier, and her thirteenth year of life seems as unlucky as the reputation of the number. She disdains her town - it is a plain, dry place where floods in the past have left the whole town wary of water in any form. They have blocked off the creek, dried up the town, and it rarely rains. This is Hoffman at her slightly-magical best.

Martha's best friends, nicknamed Trout and Eel, are two water-loving boys who have never seen the ocean. Their fingers and toes are webbed, and their dreams are of the endless waters. Together, the three decide to run to something else, and in leaving learn about who they are, and what home really is.

A soft and touching (and very very short) tale, this is happily recommended to those who enjoy their young adult reading with a dash of magic, and a depth of emotions.

'Nathan