NightDrake reviewed From Anna by Jean Little
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4 stars
Meet Anna, a 9-year-old German girl who has to make a new start in Canada. And boy, does she ever. Through a lot of the book she gets made fun of, and called Awkward. This soon changes once a very nice doctor tells her and her family something shocking. If I told any more, I'd be ruining this book.
Jean Little tends to write books about young children that have to overcome having a various disability. Anna does just this in this heartwarming story. You'd think that Anna would have done a lot of crying, and feeling quite bad for herself, but she didn't. She overcomes what she's been dealt quite nicely, which is good, given that this book was written in 1971. I liked Anna's siblings well enough, but I wasn't a super huge fan of her mother. Her father though sort of strict was my favorite of the …
Meet Anna, a 9-year-old German girl who has to make a new start in Canada. And boy, does she ever. Through a lot of the book she gets made fun of, and called Awkward. This soon changes once a very nice doctor tells her and her family something shocking. If I told any more, I'd be ruining this book.
Jean Little tends to write books about young children that have to overcome having a various disability. Anna does just this in this heartwarming story. You'd think that Anna would have done a lot of crying, and feeling quite bad for herself, but she didn't. She overcomes what she's been dealt quite nicely, which is good, given that this book was written in 1971. I liked Anna's siblings well enough, but I wasn't a super huge fan of her mother. Her father though sort of strict was my favorite of the two parents.
This book of course does have a happy ending, and I do have to admit that i'd like to have learned what happened with Anna, and her family after the book ends. A good story to read around the holidays.
