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Title: Indigo by Alice Hoffman ISBN: 0-439-25636-4 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.23 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Home to the sea!
Comment: Once again as she did in her first novel for younger readers, Aquamarine, Alice Hoffman delights readers of all ages with her book Indigo. Focusing on the magical nature of the sea, the author introduces us to memorable characters we won't soon forget.
Oak Grove is a town which fears water. Years before there was a devestating flood and now there is little water anywhere - pools are covered over, showers are taken with a minimum amount of time and few if any even think about a vacation at the sea. In this dry town live three children linked by the parched land who do dream about seeing an ocean, river or even a stream. Martha is best friends with Eel and Trout, adopted twins. For this young woman the loss of her mother and her father's unremitting grief and loneliness fill her with a need for the friendship of these brothers. Martha is also beginning to think that life away from Oak Grove, near water would be much better for her as well as the twins. For it is the the twins who have always had dreams about living near the ocean although why remains a mystery to them. And then one day Martha decides its time for them to find the ocean but shortly into their journey, the town of Oak Grove is threatened by a flood and the outcome of the flood and their adventure will forever change these young peoples lives.
In this slim volume, Hoffman has written volumes about the forces of love, friendships and following ones own paths and desires. This is a book well suited for adolescents and adults alike. It is always a joy to read anything by Alice Hoffman, particularly when it is a moral tale. And Nobody does realtionships and love better than Hoffman. I hope that she will continue to write books for younger adults and adults as well with these wonderful themes and I will surely continue to read all of her books. In case you couldn't tell Alice Hoffman is one of my very favorite writers.
Rating: 4
Summary: Indigo October 19
Comment: I think Indigo, by Alice Hoffman, is a interesting book. This book made me think, what was going to happen next, and also made think why were the people so scared water, was it, because of a terrible flood that only happen 15 years ago?
This book Indigo is about a girl named Martha Glimmer and her two best friends Trevor (Trout) and Eli (Eel) Mcgill, who lived in Oak Grove. Martha is a girl that hated people that pittied her after the death of her mother, she especially did not like Hildy Swoon there neighbor who started bring casseroles after the death of her mother's death. Martha also hated the weather at Oak Grove it was always spring. Trout and Eel had different characteristic than a normal child would have, they have fingers and toes that were webbed, and Eel looks like a water snake. Kate and Charlie Mcgill, who were on vacation at Ocean City and also wanted children, founded Trout and Eel. Kate and Charlie Mcgill who were at the Ocean at night and saw a mermaid with her two children, the mermaid was hurt by a motorboat. When Charlie and Kate Mcgill saw the hurt mermaid they went and got her. The mermaid said, "Please take them", and then mermaid swam away. When Charlie and Kate returned they to Oak Grove they had two childs. Kate and Charlie decide to call the older child Trevor, and the younger child Eli. When Trevor went to school kids made up a nickname for him called, "Trout", because of his fish like characteristic, and kids also made up a nickname for Eli called, "Eel" for the same reason. Trout and Martha were both lonely, and with no friends. Pretty soon they have known each other, then they became great friends, then Trevor introduced his brother Eel to Martha and also became good friends. Soon the friends decided to go to Ocean City, a place by the Ocean. Trout and Eel wants to go, because it had always been a dream for them both, to go to the Ocean. Martha wanted to go, because of getting away from her neighbor Hildy Swoon, and she has always dreamt of going to important places like San Francisco, New York, and Paris. On there way to Ocean City, it had started to rain harshly, and Martha broke her arm. This made the trip stop and made Martha, Trout, and Eel go back to Oak Grove. When they arrived back home at Oak Grove there was a huge flood, and using there fish like characteristic Trout and Eel starts saving the people of Oak Grove.
I think that the author is trying to tell us that it doesn't matter how someone looks, they can still be a good friend. This book is worth reading, because it shows great friendship.
This book should have been longer.
Rating: 4
Summary: Indigo October 19, 2003
Comment: I think Indigo, by Alice Hoffman, is a interesting book. This book made me think, what was going to happen next, and also made think why were the people so scared water, was it, because of a terrible flood that only happen 15 years ago?
This book Indigo is about a girl named Martha Glimmer and her two best friends Trevor (Trout) and Eli (Eel) Mcgill, who lived in Oak Grove. Martha is a girl that hated people that pittied her after the death of her mother, she especially did not like Hildy Swoon there neighbor who started bring casseroles after the death of her mother's death. Martha also hated the weather at Oak Grove it was always spring. Trout and Eel had different characteristic than a normal child would have, they have fingers and toes that were webbed, and Eel looks like a water snake. Kate and Charlie Mcgill, who were on vacation at Ocean City and also wanted children, founded Trout and Eel. Kate and Charlie Mcgill who were at the Ocean at night and saw a mermaid with her two children, the mermaid was hurt by a motorboat. When Charlie and Kate Mcgill saw the hurt mermaid they went and got her. The mermaid said, "Please take them", and then mermaid swam away. When Charlie and Kate returned they to Oak Grove they had two childs. Kate and Charlie decide to call the older child Trevor, and the younger child Eli. When Trevor went to school kids made up a nickname for him called, "Trout", because of his fish like characteristic, and kids also made up a nickname for Eli called, "Eel" for the same reason. Trout and Martha were both lonely, and with no friends. Pretty soon they have known each other, then they became great friends, then Trevor introduced his brother Eel to Martha and also became good friends. Soon the friends decided to go to Ocean City, a place by the Ocean. Trout and Eel wants to go, because it had always been a dream for them both, to go to the Ocean. Martha wanted to go, because of getting away from her neighbor Hildy Swoon, and she has always dreamt of going to important places like San Francisco, New York, and Paris. On there way to Ocean City, it had started to rain harshly, and Martha broke her arm. This made the trip stop and made Martha, Trout, and Eel go back to Oak Grove. When they arrived back home at Oak Grove there was a huge flood, and using there fish like characteristic Trout and Eel starts saving the people of Oak Grove.
I think that the author is trying to tell us that it doesn't matter how someone looks, they can still be a good friend. This book is worth reading, because it shows great friendship.
This book should have been longer.
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Title: Aquamarine by Alice Hoffman ISBN: 0439098637 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Green Angel by Alice Hoffman ISBN: 0439443849 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Probable Future by Alice Hoffman ISBN: 0385507607 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 24 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Horsefly by Alice Hoffman ISBN: 0786803673 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: The Drowning Season by Alice Hoffman ISBN: 0425184757 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 02 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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