my one hundred adventures by polly horvath

'A masterful novel of considerable beauty.' - The Globe and Mail. Writing that can be as foamy as waves, as gritty as sand, or as deep as the sea.' - Booklist (starred review) 'Sometimes Jane's duped, sometimes she's played but if hope fades, it returns, and adventure still beckons. A compassionate spirit infuses this luminous tale.' - Publisher's Weekly (starred review) 'This quietly captivating novel marks a new course for National Book Award–winner Horvath.'. This is Horvath at the top of her game, and that's saying something.' - School Library Journal (starred review) 'Horvath's most luminescent, beautifully written novel. 'Jane's poetic, philosophical musings capture a child's logic with an adult voice in this witty, wise and wonderful novel. A 2009 Capitol Choice Noteworthy Book for Children and Teens.The Sheila Egoff Prize for Children's Literature.2008 New York Public Library List of 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing.A Best Book of 2008 (School Library Journal).It is the prospect of adventures to be had. Maybe we will be blown apart to the many corners of the earth, but then I feel a sharp stab of something, excitement maybe. Maybe the wind will take us this time, I think, as a gust shakes the foundations of the house. You can smell the sharper smells of the sea.

You can hear the waves crash more loudly when it is dark. National Book Award and Newberry Honor winner Polly Horvath has written her richest, most spirited book yet, filled with characters that reader will never forget. There's the thrilling solo ride in a hijacked hot-air balloon the out-of-the-blue appearances of a slew of possible fathers a weird new friendship with Nellie Phipps, preacher and wannabe psychic the accidental crime Jane may have committed involving a Bible and a baby named Gourd and, finally, her discovery of the truth that lies at the heart of all great adventures: that it's not what happens to you that matters, but what you learn about yourself. She yearns to move beyond the world of her younger siblings and single mother and their cozy house by the sea, and to step into the 'know-not-what'-the place where your heart buzzes with excitement and things happen.Īnd over the summer, whether she looks for them or not, adventures keep finding Jane. Jane is twelve years old, and she is ready for them.

My one hundred adventures by polly horvath