The Green Man holds an honored place in my British Lit class: it's a personal thing. The world around me has always sparked wonder and respect, even aThe Green Man holds an honored place in my British Lit class: it's a personal thing. The world around me has always sparked wonder and respect, even as a shy bookworm of a girl who used to go to the woods with a book, so when I first read a tale of the green man, I felt him inside. So as I began this book, I was delighted to find out it was a book about my green man. Each story he told Conor was dark with truth and imagery, and that suited me too. If was not until I hit the third story (2/3 of the way through), that I let myself remember that Siobhan Dowd's idea, executed so beautifully by Patrick Ness, was one she had while she had cancer. So I remembered once again, that the green man embodies not just the wonder of the cycle of life, but the amoral power of it. Read it....more
I read this book in middle school and made sure all my daughters read it. I have reread it countless times--the last being a month ago. It really holdI read this book in middle school and made sure all my daughters read it. I have reread it countless times--the last being a month ago. It really holds up-the characters are TRUE, full of heart, and cool because they are smart. L'Engle never talks down to the children she writes for, and that is a rare gift from a writer....more
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