Amazon.ca:Customer reviews: Feathers

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on November 20, 2022

I got this book for a school reading project, and it required me to read a Newberry Medal or Newberry Honour. I really loved that the main character was a black female, since most books would do a white male. Also, Franny’s brother is deaf, and books that have people with disabilities would always make me want to read. Overall, I have nothing else to say. Amazing, amazing book.

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GrannyX7

Not just for kids.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 1, 2014

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Having read several of Ms. Woodson's books , I was prepared for good, even great. 'Feathers' did not disappoint. This is a very subtle, but amazing story of a little girl and her winter of 1971. There's a lot going on in Frannie's life. But the thing about this book is the way Ms. Woodson draws you in and develops her characters, It just rings true to a child's spirit and perception of life. I love the little peak into Frannie's world and the early 70's theme background, though it could take place almost anytime. I highly recommend this book for boys and girls. It touches on so many relevant topics, bullying, religion, racism, familial relationships... and of course, Hope.

I'm back ordering this again for another granddaughter. Someone borrowed my copy and then loaned it to someone else. I didn't mind because it's the kind of book you want to go all out Oprah's Book Club on! You'll want to talk about it with somebody.

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Gemmeg

A children's book for adults. Not stimulating for children.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 1, 2016

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I admire Woodsen as an author who seeks to create culturally-relevant literature for children. But the whole time I read this, I thought of how it would translate to a child. As an inner city fourth grade teacher, this is exactly the kind of book I "think" would be great for kids, and looks meaningful on the bookshelf, but is abandoned almost immediately by young readers.
The words are lyrical, the plot is almost nonexistent, and the main character is too unrealistically adult in her thinking and speech. The whole time I was reading the book, all I could think of was, "No 11 year old girl talks like this!" Frannie's internal musings were so poetic and lofty that I feel like most children would not be able to connect to the character.
The only "action" in the book is when the bully goes to hit another kid, misses, and falls down. This small piece of action is picked apart for the rest of the book until the whole idea is threadbare. The author also threw out a bucketful of issues such as race, disability, socioeconomic status, religion, death, etc. This is the kind of book a critic would laud for being culturally minded and relevant, but there were too many starts of ideas and not enough depth. Woodsen's tactic seemed to be "throw everything at the wall and see what sticks." Nothing really does.
This is exactly the kind of children's book that is chosen for a prestigious awards by adults. I'm curious to hear what an actual child thinks after reading this book.

28 people found this helpful

Laura Ortiz

Understanding hope

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 7, 2018

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As someone who does not enjoy reading for fun, I chose this African American novel as a part of my multicultural literature college course. I didn't expect to like this book much, just to peel the bandaid of reading, but i enjoyed the journey this book led me on. It lets you explore humanness in a young girl thats refreshing to read about in the book.

3 people found this helpful

Xavion

Good but Late

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 28, 2020

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The produ t was in nice condition for the most part, but it was nearly a week behind schedule

One person found this helpful

librarylady

I was not disappointed that I read it

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 5, 2018

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I ordered this book because it was mentioned in When Friendship followed me home. I was not disappointed that I read it. A good read!

2 people found this helpful

Amazon Customer

Good book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 7, 2018

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I liked the book. It was very interesting.

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Unifica

This is the best book I read this year

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 30, 2014

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This book showed that the girl in the story was always thinking about the feathers during the bad and good and this is the best book I ever read and it's better than any other book I read ,I give it 100 stars but 5 because it's only five stars and what a great book ,I LOVE IT

2 people found this helpful

Deborah Lee

Jesus boi comes to town lmao

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 30, 2019

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hamilton warren

fantastic

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 6, 2015

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So, I love the central messages/themes in the book , but hated that it ended with a huge cliffhanger and I would have liked a bit more background. Sign me up for the sequel!!

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4 star		18%
3 star		6%
2 star		1%
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