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Title: Witness by Karen Hesse ISBN: 0-439-27200-9 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: February, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 (79 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: "Witness"
Comment: The novel Witness by Karen Hesse was very good. It really gave you a good idea of how they lived back in the past in really life situations. There were 11 main characters who all told their perspective and point of view. This book took place in Vermont in 1924 when the Ku Klux Klan came in. When the Ku Klux Klan came in everyone started fighting for safety. Ester Hirsh (age 6, Jewish) and Leanora Sutter (age 12, African-American) who were the youngest were especially not safe, being victims of the Klan. Now the town is turning against each other and putting a lot of people in danger. The author's intentions were to show how people lived in the past and the things people did to those who were not white. This shows the racism, hate groups and prejudice people back in the past. I would highly recommend this book to others. I liked the format on it a lot and how they had a lot of different perspectives instead of just one, I think that was part of what made the story so good.
Rating: 4
Summary: Witness
Comment: The novel Witness is an excellent book by Karen Hesse. This free verse poem book takes place in Vermont, 1924. The town's people are in danger of the Klu Klux Klan. The Klan's target is to kill or get Leanora Sutter's and Esther Hirsh's family out of town. Esther Hirsh is a 6 year-old Jewish girl who lives with her father. Leanora Sutter is a 12 year-old black girl who also lives with her father. Both of these children have only their fathers and it is hard to get through their life with the Klan on their case. With Sara Chickering standing by Esther's side and being like a mother to her, Esther feels safe. The vicious Klan members killed Esther's dad, her favorite dog, and threw a rock with a note wrapped around it through their window. They tried to warn them that if they didn't leave town bad things would happen. Johnny Reeves, a clergyman, kills both the dog and Esther's dad. Most of the town's people feel that the Klan has teared America apart.
Rating: 5
Summary: Powerful and Moving.
Comment: This book is so kewl. It's set up as poems from 9 different people's points of view. It's all about a small town in the 1930's that is virtually being taken over my the ku klux klan and changing the way that people think. All of the sudden it seems like you must be a part of the ku klux klan to get anywhere in the city. People are getting married in white robes and putting "ku klux klan only" in the windows of their stores. Each person has a very different point of view though they are all equaly interesting. I would recomend this book to anyone that is interested in history.... and even if you aren't... give it a try!
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