Winter.WINTER. John Marsden. 2001.Read by Kate Hosking. 3 tapes. 3 hrs. Bolinda Audio. (PO Box 307, Shelton, CT 06484). 1-74030-464-0. $28.00. Vinyl; plot, reader notes. JS Winter DeSalis has lived the last 12 years with distant, unsympathetic relatives, ever since her parents died. At 16 she is a feisty, opinionated o·pin·ion·at·ed adj. Holding stubbornly and often unreasonably to one's own opinions. [Probably from obsolete opinionate : opinion + -ate1. girl who decides to return to her family's estate. When she arrives, she finds that the caretakers are crooks and that she doesn't even know where her parents are buried bur·y tr.v. bur·ied, bur·y·ing, bur·ies 1. To place in the ground: bury a bone. 2. a. To place (a corpse) in a grave, a tomb, or the sea; inter. b. . And she has a great-aunt she knew nothing about just down the road, a recluse who refuses to speak to her. When she discovers her parents' overgrown overgrown said of a part that has not been kept trimmed. overgrown hoof overgrown hooves put unusual stresses on bones and tendons and allow for distortion of the wall and sole. graves on the property, she is faced with an even greater mystery. This mystery sends Winter on a hunt for the truth about her family history, a truth that is both shocking and healing. Subplots involve a romance and new friendships for this tough little loner loner Psychiatry A single young man estranged from society and family, who suffers from psychogenic pain, and tends to live 'on the edge', vacillating between aggression and depression; loners often have unrealistic goals, but are unable to work towards those goals . Hosking, an audiobook narrator NARRATOR. A pleader who draws narrs serviens narrator, a sergeant at law. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 37. Obsolete. since 1993, brings her considerable skills to Marsden's novel about coming of age in Australia. She gives the story a full-voiced presentation, differentiating among the many characters, old and young, male and female. She is especially effective with Great-aunt Harrison, who is old and cranky crank·y 1 adj. crank·i·er, crank·i·est 1. Having a bad disposition; peevish. 2. Having eccentric ways; odd. 3. , and with Winter, who is young and feisty. 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. Janet Julian, Grafton, MA |
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