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| Across Five Aprils | 
 enlarge | Author: Irene Hunt
Publisher: Berkley
Category: Book
List Price: $4.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (207 reviews)
Sales Rank: 25702
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0425182789
EAN: 9780425182789
ASIN: 0425182789
Publication Date: January 8, 2002
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 My Students Always End Up LOVING This Book!! September 14, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I teach 8th grade and my students and I LOVE this novel. There are several good twists,turns, and nice surprises along the way. It may require some thinking on their part to "get into it", but I have never had one student tell me that they didn't like the book when they were finished. In fact, students would get angry if we had to skip a day! This is a great historical fiction that really sparks a great deal of discussion about he Civil War. When I read other kids complaining about this book I thought of something Eleanor Roosevelt once said. "It takes curiosity to gain intellegence." So, if you're curious about the Civil War, this is a good read!
 didn't like it at all March 17, 2007
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
I feel bad rating this book so low but I also don't want to rate it higher because I hate this book. The only reason why I read this book was because I had to read it for my english class at school. If it wasn't for the class there is absolutely no way I would have read this book. the teachers thought that we should read a civil war novel for english because were doing a civil war unit in social studies. Before we even started the novel I thought we were doing plenty of civil war, but no we have to do even more civil war. I probably wouldn't have such a hard time with this book if I didn't have to do school work with. I had such a hard time understanding some parts of this book because the family had so many people in it. I struggled to read this book every night not only because it was boring, but because I had to try to understand it so I could do the work that went with it. The only thing that happens in this book is in the begging the civil war is about to start and then some people from this family fight in the war and then they write letters to the family. Thats litteraly the only thing that happens in this book. In my opinion this book was boring and I would not recomend reading it, unless you really want to because you have nothing else to do.
Fabulous Civil War historical fiction for 5th - 6th graders!! January 2, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I can't say enough good things about this book!!
I was an insatiable reader as a child and this was one of my favorite books! I read this with 5th graders as a teacher and fell in love with it all over again! Many of my students had NEVER read a chapter book on their own, let alone read for pleasure, but they became captivated with reading as a result of this book and went on to read non-fiction books about the Civil War, biographies about Abraham Lincoln, Rifles for Watie, etc., on their own. This is significant since I taught in a low socio-economic area (95% free or reduced lunch). If kids find this boring, it is because it is over their heads - I read this WITH my students. They each had a copy and we read it aloud together in unison, stopping to clarify and discuss. Using historical fiction to introduce history makes it interesting and "digestible" for young people. It also sparks a desire to know more. A teacher can't tell a student everything, s/he must inspire them to investigate further. When students endeavor to learn more on their own, they are on the road to becoming educated. Abraham Lincoln himself only had one year of schooling - he educated himself with BOOKS!
Specifically, this book is about a farming family in Civil War times torn apart by the war. It helps students understand the realities of the war that pitted "brother against brother" when the oldest son goes to fight for the "other" side. When he discovers that his brother was killed in battle, this big, hulk of a man sends word to his "mama" that he did not fire the shot that killed his brother. The book makes real the pain each family member must have felt. It helps students understand that the war was not just about slavery, it was also about states' rights and whether or not the people of the US wanted the federal government to be able to tell them what to do. The future of our government depended on the outcome of the war. It also helps them understand human rights and the fact that there are many gray areas in the complex world of politics and that issues rarely have an easy black or white answer.
PARENTS, this book is worth reading with your child line by line if necessary! It can be tough, but it helps young people grow up a little and see the world more clearly, giving them a glimpse of a world outside of themselves.
Books can change you and this one will for the better, without the shocking slap in the face that sometimes accompanies life lessons. You will notice deeper understanding, more maturity, a sense of accomplishment when your child masters this book. THAT is how you develop genuine self-esteem.
For other character developing books, try The Secret Garden, The Diary of Anne Frank, and Anne of Green Gables. I can't explain why, but my 6th grade boys liked these as much as the girls, although they would never have picked them up on their own. Sounds crazy - I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't experienced it myself!
Was this secretly a "get to sleep" medication? December 9, 2006
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I had to read this book for school. My favorite part was when I got to the end and the torture was over. I'm a HUGE reader and I absolutely love books, but I think this is the only story I can say that I didn't like it AT ALL.
I did find one good thing about it. I'm a person who has problems falling asleep. I started reading the assigned chapter right before bed, and it was a very good sleep medication; it was that boring.
It had no story line whatsoever besides a detailed account of Civil War battles (and letters home that had such bad grammar and spelling it was painful to read them). All the characters were flat and unrealistic. It was the worst book I ever had to read.
Please don't waste your time on it.
187 pages of total blah December 9, 2006
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
Sometimes when I read a review by someone who's just raging about the book, I think, "Well, why didn't they just quit?"
I'll dispel that notion. I had to struggle through this book for a literature class, so I had no choice to quit. Now, here's my idea of what this book would look like if it had chapter titles.
Chapter 1: Talking on the farm
Chapter 2: A war starts
Chapter 3: Battle junk and some letters and some boring stuff happens
Chapter 4: Battle junk and some letters and some boring stuff happens
Chapter 5: Battle junk and some letters and some boring stuff happens
Chapter 6: Battle junk and some letters and some boring stuff happens
Chapter 7: Battle junk and some letters and some boring stuff happens
Chapter 8: Battle junk and some letters and some boring stuff happens
Chapter 9: Battle junk and some letters and some boring stuff happens
Chapter 10: Battle junk and some letters and some boring stuff happens
Chapter 11: Battle junk and some letters and some boring stuff happens
Chapter 12: The war ends and a president gets shot, happily ever after (NOT), the end.
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