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| Original Title: | Breadcrumbs |
| ISBN: | 0062015052 (ISBN13: 9780062015051) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.anneursu.com/books/bk_breadcrumbs.html |
| Characters: | Hazel, Jack |
| Setting: | Minneapolis, Minnesota(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Middle Grade & Children's (2011) |
Present Regarding Books Breadcrumbs
| Title | : | Breadcrumbs |
| Author | : | Anne Ursu |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 320 pages |
| Published | : | September 27th 2011 by Walden Pond Press |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Childrens. Middle Grade. Young Adult. Fairy Tales. Fiction. Adventure |
Description Conducive To Books Breadcrumbs
Once upon a time, Hazel and Jack were best friends. They had been best friends since they were six, spending hot Minneapolis summers and cold Minneapolis winters together, dreaming of Hogwarts and Oz, superheroes and baseball. Now that they were eleven, it was weird for a boy and a girl to be best friends. But they couldn't help it - Hazel and Jack fit, in that way you only read about in books. And they didn't fit anywhere else.
And then, one day, it was over. Jack just stopped talking to Hazel. And while her mom tried to tell her that this sometimes happens to boys and girls at this age, Hazel had read enough stories to know that it's never that simple. And it turns out, she was right. Jack's heart had been frozen, and he was taken into the woods by a woman dressed in white to live in a palace made of ice. Now, it's up to Hazel to venture into the woods after him. Hazel finds, however, that these woods are nothing like what she's read about, and the Jack that Hazel went in to save isn't the same Jack that will emerge. Or even the same Hazel.
Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen," Breadcrumbs is a story of the struggle to hold on, and the things we leave behind.
Rating Regarding Books Breadcrumbs
Ratings: 3.75 From 11364 Users | 1956 ReviewsColumn Regarding Books Breadcrumbs
Hazel and Jack have always been best friends, bonding over their shared love of science fiction and fantasy. They play make-believe superhero baseball and hang out in a derelict house they call the Shrieking Shack. But now that theyre eleven, Hazels mom is pushing her to make some female friends, and Jack is more interested in hanging out with his male friends than with Hazel. Then the impossible happens: Jack is taken away by a mysterious witch, and Hazel is the only one who can rescue him.I don't even know how to go about this review without gushing like an incoherent loon. [Nope, as it turned out, all I had to do was sound really melodramatic and um...intense...Oh, boy.] I mean, really, I don't know that I have a single bad thing to say about this book. I loved reading it for the beauty of the storytelling and for the way it made me feel, and I respected it for the same reasons as well as one very important one: Anne Ursu respects her audience.It is very, very rare to find an
Remember back when you were 10 and the most important thing was a) being a world renowned hula hooper and b) marrying Davy Jones? If so email me, we must be twins separated by fate. Remember when you would rush off with your friends after school, without proper outdoor attire, no helmet as you straddle your ten speed, no cell phone with a GPS chip so your parents always know where you are the only caution being from Officer Friendly to not talk to strangers and avoid starting forest fires? Or
Shout out to this fabulous book in my latest YouTube Video all about my favorite bookish books (and while I attempt a little baking in the background). Thanks for watching and happy reading!The Written Review:4.5 stars A boy got a splinter in his eye, and his heart turned cold. Only two people noticed. One was a witch, and she took him for her own. The other was his best friend. And she went after him in ill-considered shoes, brave and completely unprepared. Hazel and Jack are were the
I am not a regular reader of children's books and certainly not their connoisseur. Literature aimed at elementary school students is not something I actively seek or even enjoy at my age. But sometimes there are children's books that touch me in a special way. Breadcrumbs managed to bring out the memories of my childhood like no other book before. This modern day retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen is an homage to all the wonderful stories of my childhood and some that captured
Initial Thoughts: At first I was cursing this book that waxed poetic about snow. Being from a place that had way too much snow this year, I had little patience for any book that talks about how wonderful snowflakes are, but I digress...This is a perfect book for grades 3-6 with a wonderful heroine who is very creative and imaginative, but slightly odd. Hazel notices that things have changed with her best friend Jack and that he doesn't really want to play with her. Then, he goes missing. Hazel
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