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Title: Lassie Come-home
ISBN: 1435246659
Author:
Rosemary Wells
Eric Knight
Publicate Date: 2008-04-18
Publish: 2008-04-18
List Price: $17.95
Average Customer Rating: 5.0
Format: Library Binding
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Amazon Lowest New Price: $17.48
Amazon Lowest Used Price: $22.68
Amazon Merchant Price: $17.95
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1: The Best Dog Book this Reviewer has Ever Read!
This novel is great. I have loved it since I was a little boy. My father read it to me and my brothers every night for a few months. And when he finished, I read it again.
When I pick it up now I am filled with fond memories of those months. And I must say that this book is one of my favorites.
I, with all due respect, disagree with one of the other reviewers who reviewed this item and said it was not for kids. This is the perfect book for kids, and is perfect to read aloud. The drama is engrossing, but is not too intense for youngsters. It is the perfect dog book.
A dog-lover myself, I have read a great many dog books. And this tops the list. Never before or since has an author captured so poignantly the affection between a boy and his dog. And never before or since has an author tried that affection with so many difficulties and set-backs. But, as we all know, in the end Lassie is there to greet Joe by the school gate. It's in the best three endings I've ever read (the other two being TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD and A TALE OF TWO CITIES).
This is a classic, and it's one of my favorites. I honestly cannot even begin to understand why a person would give this book anything but five stars. HIGHLY recommended.
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2: One of my All Time Favorite Books!!!!
Everything runs smoothly in the Carraclough household when Lassie, their wonderful Collie, is around. But when desperate times takes desperate measures... it minuses Lassie out of the family. While everything is going hay-wire in the Carraclough home, the Collie is on a thousand-mile trek to get back with her family again. Lassie will come across many unbearable situations and obstacles, but the calling to get home overrides anything she may run into.
I loved everything about this book! The dedication of the homebound dog, to the quaint villages of England and Scotland, and all the characters within... I savored every word! It is one of my all time favorite books, and I'd recommend it to any dog or book lover!
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3: Deserves its status as a classic
Still an interesting, emotion-provoking and relevant read for the 21st century's jaded youth. It's about the most basic kind of friendship and loyalty, where an animal exhibits more of both than do the humans. Some of the Depression-era references and rigid class distinctions probably aren't as relevant today, but the core of the book, the love of and for an animal, remains. Highly recommended.
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4: Best!!!! Book!!!! Ever!!!!
Other than the language being like in ancient times, "Thy, thee" this book was excellent and a good savory book. It is not a fast read though.
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5: OUTSTANDING!!
Why has it taken me so long to read this excellent book! It is not just a "children's" book. One of the best books I have read in a long time!
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