Clare Vanderpool
Hardcover | Pages: 320 pages Rating: 4.07 | 12137 Users | 2040 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Navigating Early |
| ISBN: | 0385742096 (ISBN13: 9780385742092) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Jack Baker, Early Auden |
| Literary Awards: | Michael L. Printz Award Nominee (2014), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Middle Grade & Children's (2013), Society of Midland Authors Award Nominee for Children's Fiction (2014), Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2015) |
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At the end of World War II, Jack Baker, a landlocked Kansas boy, is suddenly uprooted after his mother’s death and placed in a boy’s boarding school in Maine. There, Jack encounters Early Auden, the strangest of boys, who reads the number pi as a story and collects clippings about the sightings of a great black bear in the nearby mountains. Newcomer Jack feels lost yet can’t help being drawn to Early, who won’t believe what everyone accepts to be the truth about the Great Appalachian Bear, Timber Rattlesnakes, and the legendary school hero known as The Fish, who never returned from the war. When the boys find themselves unexpectedly alone at school, they embark on a quest on the Appalachian Trail in search of the great black bear. But what they are searching for is sometimes different from what they find. They will meet truly strange characters, each of whom figures into the pi story Early weaves as they travel, while discovering things they never realized about themselves and others in their lives.Mention Of Books Navigating Early
| Title | : | Navigating Early |
| Author | : | Clare Vanderpool |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 320 pages |
| Published | : | January 8th 2013 by Delacorte Books for Young Readers |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Childrens. Middle Grade. Adventure. Fiction |
Rating Of Books Navigating Early
Ratings: 4.07 From 12137 Users | 2040 ReviewsAssess Of Books Navigating Early
Jack Baker and Early Auden make an unlikely pair at their all boys boarding school in Maine. The one thing that draws them together is their loss, Jack of his mother and Early of his family. Together, they set off on a quest to find Pi and a huge mother bear wondering along the Appalachian Trail in Maine. This story is an interesting mix of boating, math (research into pi - 3.14), and wilderness survival. #2014hubchallengeIf you read and loved Vanderpools heartwarming debut and Newberry Medal Winning Moon Over Manifest and are hoping to find the same depth of humanity in her sophomore novel, Navigating Early, you are in luck. In fact, my greatest criticism about Navigating Early is that its too thematically similar to Moon Over Manifest, so let me get that gripe out of the way before I can dive into why Navigating Early is such a wonderful read.Both books involve children who are displacedthey have left what
for me, the idea of reading is something like an escape, don't get me wrong my life isn't bad, but you know human beings always want something else :/ sometimes(in my case most of the time) they want things they can't have.if you read, you'll understand that when you're reading it's like you can't get enough, you're always hungry for more, well i like to read, but not any genre. that's a little unfortunate if you ask me. in the case of this book, well it wasn't my genre , not my kinda book :/
When a book is a slow-starter, it's not as tough as an audiobook. If you're halfway through the audiobook and you don't feel as if anything as happened, it's tough. Things definitely pick up halfway through, but will any kid stick with this? The reader is great. It's just a tough sell.
Dear Heavy Medal Blog,Good luck trying to tear this book apart. I'm sure that it will be a part of your Newbery discussions, and hope first look at all of the amazingness that this book contains. Early is the type of character that once he enters a reader's heart he never leaves.Your friend,Mr. Sharp
In short, I loved this story: it was captivating, enchanting, and downright magical. I wasnt so much engrossed in the story as absorbed by it. It made me feel things I hardly knew could be felt, and it just may be my new favorite historical ever. :DIf you'd like to read more of my thoughts on this book, you can find the full review on Verbosity Book Reviews
Such an amazing book! It's in my number 2 spot for the best 20 in 2020, right after The Secret Life of Bees.
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