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Title: Slake's Limbo by Felice Holman ISBN: 0-689-71066-6 Publisher: Aladdin Library Pub. Date: 31 May, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.66 (38 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Slakes Limbo
Comment: Slakes Limbo is a book about a thirteen year old boy who lives by himself on the street. The kids he goes to school with are bigger than him and beat him up if they can catch him. One day while he was being chased he ran into the underground subway. He decides to stay down there and live for 121 days. While he is down in the subway, he finds a cave in the wall by one of the tracks. He makes that his home to sleep in every night. One day he saw people leaving their newspapers at the lunch court tables. He picked them up and smootheed them out. While he was holding the papers a man called to him to buy one. Slake was surprised but sold the man a paper. Then a couple more people bought papers too.Soon he had two regular costumers. With the money he made from newspapers he bought himself food at the court. with the extra papers he had he brought them into his cave and crumpled them up to make a bed. Every day he collected newspapers, sold them, and bought lunch. One day the lunch court manager asked him if he wanted to have a job sweeping the floor after all of the costumers left. In return he would get a full meal every day. With getting free meals he began to save up some money and bought himself a shirt and a couple pairs of socks. While Slake is down in the subway he has the happiest time of his life.
Slakes Limbo was a good book about survival and it was interesting on how he made money. He also made a good use of some unusual things that he collected in the subway.I would reccommend this book to anyone who likes a survival story.
Rating: 5
Summary: A gripping story of urban survival
Comment: "Slake's Limbo," by Felice Holman, was one of the "young adult" books that made the biggest impression on me when I fell into that age group. Re-reading it recently, I realized that the book has lost none of its impact. Holman tells the story of Aremis Slake, an undersized, persecuted 13-year old New York City boy. Overwhelmed by the stress of his life, Slake flees to the underground world of the subway system -- "a city under the city" where he finds a "home" and a new life. But a 13-year old can't live underground indefinitely; Slake is headed for a moment of truth.
This is a haunting, powerful story. Slake is a remarkable character. In many ways he's like a mythic hero; he literally journeys into the "underworld" and re-creates himself. Holman fills the book with fascinating details about the boy's survival strategies.
"Slake's Limbo" is rich in symbolic details, but the story can also be enjoyed at face value. This book is, in my opinion, one of the very best of young adult novels.
Rating: 4
Summary: A heartwrenching tale
Comment: A heartwrenching story about a boy who lives in the subway for 121 days, Slake's Limbo by Felice Holman is a winner of the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, an ALA Notable Book, and a YASD Best Book for Young Adults.
Slake lives with his abusive aunt. Furthermore, his classmates are abusive, beating him up frequently. Eventually, he runs away into the subways of New York, where he finds a small cave in which to live. In order to survive, he devises some interesting ways to make money. The book also tells us a little of the story of Willis Joe Whinny, who wants to be a sheep-herder in Australia. Felice Holman stretches the moment, making the book very suspenseful. "What would the man do? ...(the moment is stretched for 10 paragraphs)... 'You're charging for service. That's fair enough.'"
This relatively easy to read book would appeal to 9 - 12 year olds since, in many ways, the reader will be able to relate to Slake. It would be beneficial for preteens to get the message: Hope is never lost.
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