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A Northern Light
By : by Jennifer Donnelly (Goodreads Author)
ratings : 36,292
ratings reviews : 3,446
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Original Title : A Northern Light
ISBN : 0152053107 (ISBN13: 9780152053109)
Edition Language : English
Series : Mattie Gokey, Grace Brown, Weaver Smith, Royal Loomis, Emily Wilcox...more, Beth Gokey, Lou Gokey, Abby Gokey, Michael Gokey, Tommy Hubbard...less
Paperback, 396 pages
Published September 1st 2004 by HMH Books for Young Readers (first published April 1st 2003)
Characters : Adirondack Mountains, New York (United States) New York State, 1906 (United States)
Setting : Borders Original Voices Award for YA or Independent Reader (2003), Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature (2003), Michael L. Printz Award Nominee (2004), Charlotte Award (2006), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2005) ...more Lincoln Award Nominee (2009), Carnegie Medal (2003), Missouri Gateway Readers Award Nominee (2006) ...less
Description : Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. Desperate for money, she takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown entrusts her with the task of burning a secret bundle of letters. But when Grace's drowned body is fished from the lake, Mattie discovers that the letters could reveal the grim truth behind a murder.Set Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. Desperate for money, she takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown entrusts her with the task of burning a secret bundle of letters. But when Grace's drowned body is fished from the lake, Mattie discovers that the letters could reveal the grim truth behind a murder.Set in 1906 against the backdrop of the murder that inspired Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy, Jennifer Donnelly's astonishing debut novel effortlessly weaves romance, history, and a murder mystery into something moving, and real, and wholly original.Includes a reader's guide and an interview with the author.
Literary Awards : Borders Original Voices Award for YA or Independent Reader (2003), Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature (2003), Michael L. Printz Award Nominee (2004), Charlotte Award (2006), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2005) ...more Lincoln Award Nominee (2009), Carnegie Medal (2003), Missouri Gateway Readers Award Nominee (2006) ...less
REVIEWS :this monday-morning float is for you, alfonso!oh, a northern light, you were way better than i expected. i used to get really angry at this book, because it would come up in resort all the time and some people would just shelve it in my section because it looks like a grown-up book, not like teen fiction, and i would always have to be yanking it off the shelves and saying "nooooo, you go downstairs!!" like shooing away a mischievous dog. while i was reading it, i loved it.a few days after, i am Last year, I used to go every day to the library of the bank where my dad works at (ain't that a mouthful or what?!)—I was homeschooled, and it was the perfect place to study for upcomin’ exams. There I stumbled upon a Reader’s Digest Condensed Version book, which basically features up to 4 abridged books in one volume, and one of the novels it featured was A Gathering Light by Jennifer Donnelly (which I later found out was called A Northern Light in the states). Since I am the queen of The Hook - When I worked in the library I often recommended A Northern Light to older young adults or even adults looking for a good historical fiction book. Now mind you, librarians cannot read every book in a library but we pay attention to reviews, awards and patron comments. I had never read A Northern Light but could book talk it based on the above criteria and never heard any complaints. In fact most who had never read anything by Jennifer Donnelly picked up The Tea Rose or other of her Rating: 4.5 Review: "Words fail me sometimes. I have read most every book in the Webster's Dictionary of the English language, but I still have trouble making them come when I want them to. Right now I want a word that describes the feeling you get - a cold sick feeling deep down inside - when you know something is happening that will change you, and you don't want it to, but you can't stop it. And you know, for the first time, for the very first time, that there will be a before and an after, I rate one star not because "I didn't like it" but because there is a nauseating amount of this genre book in existence. The genre of a bookish, misunderstood girl who fights against the strictures of society so that she can be a liberated woman. The genre of book where the author tries to set the world straight on what a girl should do with her life and how she should be treated. The most galling is that the author writes the protagonist (Mattie) as disliking books with "happy endings" but then Sweet 16! (SPOILER)That book was a trip down memory lane. I had forgotten how it feels to be 16-17 and dream about the future. I remember myself growing up on a beautiful island with my family. I often seeked solitude and I always had a feeling I was supposed to live some place different. When I left the island I took all these memories and stories from home with me! Just like Mattie... Definitely a page-turner!"I believe these things. With all my heart. For I am good at telling myself lies." "Set in 1906 against the backdrop of the murder that inspired Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy, Jennifer Donnelly's novel effortlessly weaves romance, history, and a murder mystery into something moving, and real, and wholly original." I'm "borrowing" the blurb for this story for one reason..."Why?" you ask. Because this book was NOTHING like I thought it would be based on the summary. Now, that doesn't mean that I didn't love it, because I absolutely did. It just means that I thought the “I had looked around. I’d seen all the things she’d spoken of and more besides. I’d seen a bear cub lift its face to the drenching spring rains. And the silver moon of winter, so high and blinding. I’d seen the crimson glory of a stand of sugar maple in autumn and the unspeakable stillness of a mountain lake at dawn. I’d seen them and loved them. But I’d also seen the dark of things. The starved carcasses of winter deer. The driving fury of a blizzard wind. And the gloom that broods under the A Northern Light is one of those books you come across every few years; the type of novel that buries itself in your heart from the first page and simply lingers in your thoughts for days, weeks, and even months afterward. Although I've probably read at least two books and three novellas since I set this story down, it has still been in the forefront of my thoughts. I will likely tell my parents to yell at Jennifer Donnelly if they want someone to blame for my bad grades and sleepless nights. I don’t quite understand why this book hasn’t caught my attention earlier. It is excellently written, features a strong and likable heroine and perfectly captures her hopes and fears in an era so different to our own. It touches on a lot of issues – racial injustice, the situation of women at the beginning of the 20th century, poverty and family ties – and it does so in a very realistic way. It doesn’t look at things through rose-coloured glasses, and it certainly doesn’t offer an ending with a A.k.a. A gathering light.On July 12, 1906, the body of a young woman named Grace Brown was pulled from the waters of Big Moose Lake in the Adirondack Mountains. This is the fact on which the writer based her story of Mattie. A young girl from an agricultural background who met Grace Brown in the hotel where she worked. It's a well written, sweet story, despite the hardships. 3.5 stars. Hope Davis narrates audio book (8h 49m)Jennifer Donnelly's historical fiction/romance books for YA readers are always a real treat. Her female characters tend to be determined, strong-willed, and bookish. In "A Northern Light" we are taken into the rural life of one girl in 20th century America. Sixteen year old Mattie Gokey dreams of a life beyond her vacation resort town and the life of a writer in New York City. But Mattie 's widowed father, her little sisters, and her first love Gripping, haunting, emotive, and intensely atmospheric. I was quite taken by this novel. From page one, Jennifer Donnelly had me hooked. And though her intended audience is that of young adults, I think it's equally suited for a mature audience with prose that is at times poetically beautiful, and yet, youthful and crisp. There are even moments of diffusing playfulness and humor."Right now I want a word that describes the feeling you get - a cold, sick feeling deep down inside - when you know An excellent YA novel. It didn't make me bawl my eyes out however, therefore only 4 stars. Set in 1906, the book follows an important period in a 16-year old girl's life, when she faces the dilemma of what her future will be. Mattie is an aspiring writer and yearns to attend university, but her family responsibilities hinder her dreams. Will she choose to risk it all and try to find her own independence or will she succumb to her family's wishes and abandon her aspirations to instead become a.
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