The Box Children
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This was a quick, but enjoyable book to read. It is written in the form of a diary of a young girl whose parents are very dysfunctional. I did not care much for the ending. Considering everything else that happened in this book, it just wasn't very realistic that everything would end nicely.
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Amazon Editorial Review:
Lou Ann Campbell is nearly twelve years old. She lives on a farm in Texas, and keeps five little dolls in a homemade shoebox house she fixed up for them. The box children are her only friends, the brothers and sisters she never had, the babies her mother was supposed to have but didn't. This is her first diary, and it's hard to hide it from her bullying older brother, her philandering father, and her crazy pregnant mother. But these are her secrets, her hopes, her dreams. And this is the summer she will stop talking to dolls...and start thinking about people and places she doesn't know yet.
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Amazon Editorial Review:
Lou Ann Campbell is nearly twelve years old. She lives on a farm in Texas, and keeps five little dolls in a homemade shoebox house she fixed up for them. The box children are her only friends, the brothers and sisters she never had, the babies her mother was supposed to have but didn't. This is her first diary, and it's hard to hide it from her bullying older brother, her philandering father, and her crazy pregnant mother. But these are her secrets, her hopes, her dreams. And this is the summer she will stop talking to dolls...and start thinking about people and places she doesn't know yet.
Journal Entry 3 by ladybug74 at Book Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, February 7, 2009
I pulled this from the bookbox. It looks like just my type of book.
I'm not typically a fan of books written from a child's perspective, but the author did a wonderful job with this one. She gave us a more innocent portrayal of the parents than what was lurking beneath the surface, and yet, the author didn't spare much detail at all. The mother in this book was incredible. I can't help but wonder whether her character was based on someone in the author's real life since she, too, grew up on wheat farms.
I also liked the idea of the box children. Again, it could have been too melodramatic or childish, but was handled quite poignantly instead.
I'll look by more from this author.
I also liked the idea of the box children. Again, it could have been too melodramatic or childish, but was handled quite poignantly instead.
I'll look by more from this author.
My mother and aunts all read this book and loved it. Now it's time to pass it on. I'm adding it to the Spring Cleaning Bookbox. Enjoy!
I received this yesterday in princess-peapod's Spring Cleaning Bookbox. Thanks! Looks like a good one!
Wow, I've had this one a long time! Time to move it along...
Journal Entry 9 by iwillrejoice at book ring/ray, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Released 6 yrs ago (7/5/2017 UTC) at book ring/ray, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Released into my ABC (Alphabet) Bookrings - US version - Books Beginning with the Letter X (see Note). Happy travels, little book!
Chosen from the ABC Letter "X" Bookring.
Had this book on my TBR pile and my daughter ended up reading it first and thought it was an intriguing way of telling a story from a child's perspective. I have to agree with her and I loved the idea of the "box children" as Lou Ann's way of handling her grief of her siblings who never made it to birth. It also provided her with a sense of being loved as her mother, father and brother were not a loving support although I feel the mother had some serious mental health issues that back in 1960 were never diagnosed or discussed with anyone as far as I could tell. I am glad I chose this book and will see that it gets passed on in some way.
Journal Entry 12 by ravencat at Little Free Library.org St. Thomas Aquinas Buffalo, NY in Buffalo, New York USA on Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Released 5 yrs ago (4/10/2018 UTC) at Little Free Library.org St. Thomas Aquinas Buffalo, NY in Buffalo, New York USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Wild released at Little Free Library.org book box St. Thomas Aquinas Church on Abbott Rd. Buffalo,NY.