Ure, Jean. Is anybody there?URE, Jean. Is anybody there? Read by Finty Williams. 3 tapes. 3 hrs. BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. Audiobooks America. 2004/2006. 1-4056-5088-5. $24.95. Vinyl; plot, reader notes. JS Joanna, who recalls the story two years later, remembers how she misused her gift of clairvoyance clairvoyance (klâr'voi`əns), alleged power to perceive, as though visually, objects or persons not discernible through the ordinary sense channels. by entertaining her best friends Chloe and Dee when they were all 13 at their school in a "boring suburb" in an English town. Jo's mum also has the gift, but uses it to help people. Typical young teens, the girls gush over boys and dump on a rival. After a pizza party Jo decides to save cab fare home and accepts a ride from Dee's older half-brother Paul, who has a mysterious past. Jo's "gift" kicks in when Paul takes the long way home, towards a notorious gravel pit Noun 1. gravel pit - a quarry for gravel stone pit, quarry, pit - a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'" . She is terrified ter·ri·fy tr.v. ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing, ter·ri·fies 1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten. 2. To menace or threaten; intimidate. that she is being kidnapped and jumps out of the car, taking a bus home instead. Nothing dreadful happens, so the book is fine for middle/high school girls (ages 12-16) who will identify with the frazzled emotions, misunderstandings, blabber-mouths, and a desperate desire for a pair of tacky glitter boots. Williams gives the story a full-voiced reading, using a youngish voice for the girls and an older timbre timbre Quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument, voice, or other sound source from another. Timbre largely results from a characteristic combination of overtones produced by different instruments. for Mum. She's good at gushing gush v. gushed, gush·ing, gush·es v.intr. 1. To flow forth suddenly in great volume: water gushing from a hydrant. 2. , panic, angst, being cool and dawning maturity. Janet Julian, English Teacher (retired), Grafton, MA J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. |
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