Miracles on Maple Hill
by Virginia Sorensen, Joe Krush, Beth Krush
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Author: Beth Krush, Joe Krush, Virginia SorensenBrand: Houghton Mifflin Company
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-08-01
ISBN: 0152047182
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Sandpiper
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Book Review: Sweet, but is that a bad thing?
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a book that belongs to a story style of about fifty years ago and I don't know if something of a style would nowadays managed to win a Newbery. This is something sweet, wholesome, without any real threat. Some actually might find it boring, but it you can appreciate this more positive style, this is a darling and truly miraculous story.
Marly's father is a war veteran having difficulty recovering emotionally. So the family packs up and moves to her great-grandmother's old house where they meet the Chrises, a maple syrup-making family. Marly immediately falls in love with the countryside, and this book is basically a testament to that love, filled with strange hermit neighbors and a love for the natural world. It's almost a pastoral in that sense.
So, no, there are no horrible dangers or emotional scarring, just a praise of nature and country life. But if one can accept that, he will find an enchanting little story.
Summary of Miracles on Maple Hill
Marly's father came back from the war a different man. Something inside him seems as cold and dead as the winter world outside. But when the family moves to Grandma's old house on Maple Hill, miracles begin to happen. The sap in the trees begins to rise, the leaves begin to turn, and Marly's father starts to bloom again, like the world around them.
This wise and moving story is a must-have for every reader's library.
This wise and moving story is a must-have for every reader's library.
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