Dolphin Luck (Thorndike Juvenile)
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (867 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B005Q8CVD0 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 198 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Dolphin Luck - a good story, but hard to follow The underlying story of Dolphin Luck is good, but I found it a bit hard to follow. If the story had been told from one character's point of view or if the story would have focused mainly on one character, it would have been easier, I believe, to really understand this book. Instead, the narrator jumps back and forth, following four characters,. A Customer said I really liked this book.. It's about a little girl named Beany. She hears a story about a dolphin sword that can grant wishes, and then she figures out that the person that owned the sword lived in Porridge Hall, which is where she lives. And she goes up in the attic and she finds the dolphin sword, and it grants her wishes. Her mother is really sick, so she wishes tha. A Customer said Dolphin Luck. This story is about a girl named Robin who lives with her mom and dad. She has some friends in her neighborhood who she plays with all the time. It was Christmas time and her dad had heart problems and died. She was very unhappy. She did not play with her friends for a week. She thought that her dad would come back. My opinion is that people w
Sent by their vacationing parents to visit Mad Aunt Mabel, Perry and Ant have an adventure, while their younger siblings Sun Dance and Beany stay at home making burglar traps and searching for a magic sword.
It begins with bad luck, Old Blanket's death and Mrs. When Mr. Robinson's lingering illness. McKay is a wonderfully old-fashioned writer in her use of rich language (Tilly is "like a handful of brown leaves, bright rags, thistledown, and feathers, brushed up into a corner and molded into life"), vivid characters, and eventful plots. And, while there's certainly an undercurrent of loss and not always welcome change, there's also a strong sense that the world is a good and interesting place. Robinson takes her to a warm place to recover, the four children are farmed out: Perry and Ant take the train to Mad Aunt Mabel's, and Beany and Sun Dance stay with the Brogans on the other side of Porridge Hall. An overall delight.Lauralyn Persson, Wilmette Public Library, IL Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. Beany decides they all need some good luck, and when Mrs. . This author has a great way of mixing the sad a