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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. --At the end of 2009 I returned this Inter-Library Loan book. Themes of boys & summer aren't new but Bradbury's writing is poetic & fresh. He introduces us to memorable characters. DANDELION WINE will remain a classic book for decades. -- (  ) MinaIsham | Dec 28, 2009 |  12 year old Douglas Spalding recalls the summer of 1928. A summer of final trolley rides, danelion wine, best friends moving away, new sneakers, reading by firefly light, a serial killer, old people that were never children, a wax witch, grandma's great dinners, a happiness machine and much, much more. I love the way Bradbury describes small town America. Recommended. (  ) VioletBramble | Nov 22, 2009 | No one evokes images like Ray Bradbury. A trip back into a small-town summer of '28 as only Bradbury can bring it to life. (  ) jwcooper3 | Nov 15, 2009 | A favorite -- a series of stand-alone short stories that blend together into one life-changing summer in the life of two young midwestern boys. I see Ray sometimes in connection with my work, and this book embodies the love of life that he still exhibits in his 80's. lendroth | Sep 27, 2009 | The opening couple of pages are brilliant. The entire novel is magical. ( ) CharlesBoyd | Aug 3, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0380977265, Hardcover)World-renowned fantasist Ray Bradbury has on several occasions stepped outside the arenas of horror, fantasy, and science fiction. An unabashed romantic, his first novel in 1957 was basically a love letter to his childhood. (For those who want to undertake an even more evocative look at the dark side of youth, five years later the author would write the chilling classic Something Wicked This Way Comes.)Dandelion Wine takes us into the summer of 1928, and to all the wondrous and magical events in the life of a 12-year-old Midwestern boy named Douglas Spaulding. This tender, openly affectionate story of a young man's voyage of discovery is certainly more mainstream than exotic. No walking dead or spaceships to Mars here. Yet those who wish to experience the unique magic of early Bradbury as a prose stylist should find Dandelion Wine most refreshing. --Stanley Wiater (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:03 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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