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Loading... The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip (original 2000; edition 2000)by George Saunders
Work InformationThe Very Persistent Gappers of Frip by George Saunders (2000)
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I didn't realize this was a children's book when I got it from the library on Kindle. sweet, though, and I love George Saunders. ( ) Hmm, well this is an odd, odd, little book -- more of a short story fairy tale than anything else, but the illustrations add to the work, and it's definitely worth the read for the pure pleasure of language in saying the very persistent gappers of Frip, and for talking about goats, and just in general. no reviews | add a review
"In the seaside village of Frip live three families: the Romos, the Ronsens, and a little girl named Capable and her father. The economy of Frip is based solely on goat's milk, and this is a problem because the village is plagued by gappers: bright orange, many-eyed creatures the size of softballs that love to attach themselves to goats. When a gapper gets near a goat, it lets out a high-pitched shriek of joy that puts the goats off giving milk, which means that every few hours the children of Frip have to go outside, brush the gappers off their goats, and toss them into the sea. The gappers have always been everyone's problem, until one day they get a little smarter, and instead of spreading out, they gang up: on Capable's goats. Free at last of the tyranny of the gappers, will her neighbors rally to help her? Or will they turn their backs, forcing Capable to bear the misfortune alone?"--Excerpt from Amazon.com. No library descriptions found. |
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