Kate Seredy
Paperback | Pages: 247 pages Rating: 4.08 | 2349 Users | 128 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Singing Tree |
| ISBN: | 0140345434 (ISBN13: 9780140345438) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Kate and Jancsi #2 |
| Setting: | Hungary |
| Literary Awards: | Newbery Medal Nominee (1940) |
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Life on the Hungarian plains is changing quickly for Jancsi and his cousin Kate. Father has given Jancsi permission to be in charge of his own herd, and Kate has begun to think about going to dances. Jancsi hardly even recognizes Kate when she appears at Peter and Mari's wedding wearing nearly as many petticoats as the older girls wear. And Jancsi himself, astride his prized horse, doesn't seem to Kate to be quite so boyish anymore. Then, when Hungary must send troops to fight in the Great War and Jancsi's father is called to battle, the two cousins must grow up all the sooner in order to take care of the farm and all the relatives, Russian soldiers, and German war orphans who take refuge there.Particularize Appertaining To Books The Singing Tree (Kate and Jancsi #2)
| Title | : | The Singing Tree (Kate and Jancsi #2) |
| Author | : | Kate Seredy |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 247 pages |
| Published | : | October 1st 1990 by Puffin Books (first published October 1940) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Young Adult. Childrens |
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Ratings: 4.08 From 2349 Users | 128 ReviewsRate Appertaining To Books The Singing Tree (Kate and Jancsi #2)
Coming to the end of this beautiful story is quite painful as you read the words of hope as WWI comes to an end and Ms. Seredy publishes this book just as WWII is getting a start. I enjoyed The Good Master but this one takes those characters to such a depth, with the village and its people truly becoming a major character that I just fell in love with. And she is not afraid to address the darker themes that led to WWI (a war that we are still fighting on some fronts, in my opinion) and it was soApart from all the casual sexism from Jancsi, this was surprisingly really really good. It said a lot about war, and really drove home the message that war is meaningless. I've also rarely read WW1 books that are about Germans/Hungarians, so that was interesting too. Also that people wanted their sons to be made prisoners, because it meant they'd be out of the war - I suppose this is 20 years before concentration camps and stuff, and they're not in POW camps but sent to be on farms. Isn't this
A remarkable book. Its appealing predecessor (The Good Master) was pleasant and informative about Hungarian culture, but this is deep. Read it and remember that it was published in October 1939, at the very start of World War II. It tells a tale of the first great war, the "war to end all wars," but what can we, as modern readers, think when we read Moses Mandelbaum's words to Márton Nagy: "This makes me sure now...for the first time sure, that [his brothers] Joseph and Sam have not died in
This was a book that I could not put down. Although it is about a war, it shows the compassion and caring of a family and how even when times are hard they are willing to open their doors and their hearts to take in as many people as they can. To show them that life and others are there to help guide them and teach them.
I read this until our copy fell apart.
One of the great books of my childhood, this one is much more serious that its predecessor "The Good Master." War and prejudice enter and interrupt the halcyon days of Kate and Jansci's Hungarian village. The illustrations of these books add to their appeal.
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