Young, Karen Romano. Cobwebs.YOUNG, Karen Romano. Cobwebs cob·web n. 1. a. The web spun by a spider to catch its prey. b. A single thread spun by a spider. 2. Something resembling the web of a spider in gauziness or flimsiness. 3. . HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 388p. c2004. 0-06-441028-5. $7.99. JS* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, November 2004: This strange tale reminds me of the work of Donna Jo Napoli in her reworking of myths--it is also related to the Spider-Man stories, sort of. Nancy (from Anansi, the clever spider in African folktales) is the main character. Her family is somewhat strange and this story is about her discovery of who they are and what she is. Her parents love one another dearly, but are unable to live in the same home, so Nancy sometimes is with her mother, a weaver who never goes outside, and sometimes with her father, who lives in a simple structure on a rooftop. Nancy's grandparents grandparents npl → abuelos mpl grandparents grand npl → grands-parents mpl grandparents grand npl are aged and frail, yet they are healers who venture out into the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. landscape when summoned. There is another family in this story: Dion's family. Nancy meets Dion when he is balancing on the railing of the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, with cars whizzing by below on the expressway. The two families become enmeshed en·mesh also im·mesh tr.v. en·meshed, en·mesh·ing, en·mesh·es To entangle, involve, or catch in or as if in a mesh. See Synonyms at catch. when Nancy's grandparents are called in to try to heal Dion's mother. Slowly, slowly Nancy's true nature reveals itself, as does the growing love between Dion and Nancy. This is a story that defies a plot summary. From the cover art to the final page, the author deftly creates an intriguing web that soon attracts and draws her readers into the alternate universe of Nancy and her family. It's smart, sometimes poetic, with incredible images of the cityscape (company) CityScape - A re-seller of Internet connections to the PIPEX backbone. E-Mail: <sales@cityscape.co.uk>. Address: CityScape Internet Services, 59 Wycliffe Rd., Cambridge, CB1 3JE, England. Telephone: +44 (1223) 566 950. and its inhabitants
The game is based loosely on the concepts from SameGame. . Claire Rosser, KLIATT 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. *--The asterisk highlights exceptional books |
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