On This Page
Description
When their mother starts to date the mystery man on the fifth floor who has been instructed by his agent to "eliminate the children" by the first of May, eleven-year-old Caroline and her older brother figure they're targeted to be the victims of a savage crime.Tags
Recommendations
Member Reviews
The One Hundredth Thing About Caroline by Lois Lowry (1983): Caroline Tate lives with her “Beastly” older brother and her single mother in New York City, dreams of becoming a paleontologist, and hates weird vegetables. But when she stumbles onto a neighbor’s plot to “eliminate the kids” in his apartment building using an overdue toxicology book, she and her brother may have to team up to protect themselves.
This story is told from Caroline’s perspective, and enough information is given right away that makes her easy to identify with: she doesn’t like eggplant, she has an annoying brother, her family is on a lean budget, and she secretly sleeps with a stuffed animal. Although the resolution to the “mystery” plot may be show more anticipated by YAs, the story still surprises and amuses. Also notable is that each of the children has embraced an eccentricity: Caroline wants to study dinosaurs, her brother regularly dismantles and “repairs” the household electronics, and her future-journalist friend Stacy regularly speaks in headlines, e.g. “KIDS RESHOD. MEAL BEGINS.” show less
This story is told from Caroline’s perspective, and enough information is given right away that makes her easy to identify with: she doesn’t like eggplant, she has an annoying brother, her family is on a lean budget, and she secretly sleeps with a stuffed animal. Although the resolution to the “mystery” plot may be show more anticipated by YAs, the story still surprises and amuses. Also notable is that each of the children has embraced an eccentricity: Caroline wants to study dinosaurs, her brother regularly dismantles and “repairs” the household electronics, and her future-journalist friend Stacy regularly speaks in headlines, e.g. “KIDS RESHOD. MEAL BEGINS.” show less
Best for ages 8-11. I saw the answer to the mystery before the mystery was fully presented - but I was charmed by all the different characters and their interactions. Recommended for fans of Lowry's Anastasia books, and for fans of [a:Andrew Clements|63095|Andrew Clements|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1209495851p2/63095.jpg] and other interesting family adventures.
Meh. So far I have loved Lowry's work, but this one was ... kind of more for children. I say that because within the first couple of chapters, when the plot line begins, it is terribly obvious what the twist at the end will be. I appreciate the Caroline is really into dinosaurs, and I appreciate that she and her brother have a love/hate relationship, but ... yeah, meh.
3030269
Lexile: 690
Reading Recovery: 22
DRA: 38
Fountas Pinnel Guided Reading: P
Reading Recovery: 22
DRA: 38
Fountas Pinnel Guided Reading: P
Ratings
Members
- Recently Added By
Author Information
98+ Works 118,387 Members
Lois Lowry (nee Lois Ann Hammersberg) was born on March 20, 1937, in Honolulu, Hawaii. She was educated at both Brown University and the University of Southern Maine. Before becoming an author, she worked as a photographer and a freelance journalist. Her first book, A Summer to Die, was published in 1977. Since then she has written over 30 books show more for young adults including Gathering Blue, Messenger, the Anastasia Krupnik series, and Son. She has received numerous awards including: The New York Times Best Seller,the International Reading Association's Children's Literature Award, the American Library Association Notable Book Award Citation and two Newberry Medals for Number the Stars in 1990, and The Giver in 1993. She was also awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters by Brown University in 2014. The Giver is part of a Quartet of books; it is the first book, followed by Gathering Blue, messenger and Son. The Giver has been met with a diversity of reactions from schools in America, some of which have adopted it as a part of the mandatory curriculum, while others have prohibited the book's inclusion in classroom studies. It was also made into a feature film of the same name released in 2014. Lois Lowry also made the Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2016 finalists in the author category. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Awards and Honors
Awards
Series
Belongs to Publisher Series
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The One Hundredth Thing About Caroline
- Original publication date
- 1983
- People/Characters
- Caroline
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Kids, Children's Books
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 .L9673 .O — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 227
- Popularity
- 143,036
- Reviews
- 5
- Rating
- (3.43)
- Languages
- 5 — English, Finnish, French, German, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 13
- UPCs
- 1
- ASINs
- 2
