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Title: Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman ISBN: 0-440-41822-4 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 12 March, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.92 (26 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Annoying Main Character
Comment: The theme of Matilda Bone is an interesting one, medieval medicine, but Matilda really got annoying and was not a very good portrayal of a spirited main character. Matilda is a girl who was sent to be the apprentice of Red Peg the Bonesetter. If Matilda had only been clumsy and not fitting in, she might have been appealing, lovable, even. However, she named approximately 30 different saints to pray to constantly (who none of them were any help to her) and does it so you really get annoyed if you want the book to progress!
Altogether, I enjoyed almost everything except for the obnoxious Matilda. If you don't have a lot of time and are looking for a good Karen Cushman read, try The Ballad of Lucy Whipple instead.
Rating: 4
Summary: great read
Comment: Cushman fans- If you liked The Ballad of Lucy Whipple and The Midwive's Apprentice, this book is for you. Matilda Bone combines elements of both books. The main character, Matilda, is plucked from her comfy home to new surroundings, and considers herself above those around her. She becomes an apprentice and almost gives up some times. If you are new to Cushmen, this is a good start. Like all the other books by Cushman, the main charater is a teenage girl. Matilda comes from an abby, where she was raised by a priest. She is sent to Blood and Bone Alley to help Red Peg the bone setter. She acts very stuck up, and takes an I'm Better Than You are attitude until she meets another Matilda, called Tildy. Than she begins to change. This is a good reader for kushman fans, and new comers alike.
Rating: 3
Summary: Light reading
Comment: Matilda Bone brought me mixed emotions. I loved the medieval setting, and the lessons on medicine, but that's about as far as it goes. Matilda is, to put it plainly, a spoiled brat. She is rude, narrow-minded, and very tedious to trudge through the story with. Her change of heart at the end is more of a relief than heart-warming. If not for the setting or a fairly humorous band of characters, I probably would have given the book up. I didn't, and I'm somewhat glad.
Matilda Bone is good for light reading, but don't expect to be sitting at the edge of your seat or fighting back tears. The book is still but a seed in a field of ever-growing fantasies.
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Title: Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman ISBN: 0064405842 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 01 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman, Bryan Leister ISBN: 006440630X Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 30 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Rodzina by Karen Cushman ISBN: 0618133518 Publisher: Clarion Books Pub. Date: 20 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen ISBN: 038080560X Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman ISBN: 0064406849 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 31 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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