- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Puffin Books (Mar 1989)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140329447
- ISBN-13: 978-0140329445
- Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.9 x 1.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,656,566 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Format:Paperback
This is a bizarre little book - a book focused around Mona Lisa Figg Newton, a teenager living in the town of Pineapple with her eccentric, eclectic and somewhat esoteric family. Her family includes her tap dancing mother, Sister Figg Newton, her uncles, Truman the Human Pretzel, Romulus the Walking Book of Knowledge, Remus the Talking Adding Machine, (Romulus and Remus are of course twins) and her cousin Fido the Second. The only family member Mona gets along with is her uncle Florence, a book dealer. A main concern of the characters is Capri, the Figg family heaven, which involves a ritual passed down through the Figg family for generations. Uncle Florence's greatest wish is to find his Capri. Mona's greatest fear is that her uncle will succeed and leave her alone.
While doing a children's literature course we were informed that this book was often used along with Tuck Everlasting in grief counseling. It deals with questions about what is real, what is reality and what is dream.
It also has string elements of learning to accept self, and growing into who we are to be. Also the acceptance of what we can change and what we cannot. What it really comes down to is learning to live and learning to love. Also it shows that books can be friends and support us in our alone times.
The book will teach about learning to dream, learning to live and ultimately learning to go beyond ourselves.
(First written as Journal Reading Notes in 1999.)
While doing a children's literature course we were informed that this book was often used along with Tuck Everlasting in grief counseling. It deals with questions about what is real, what is reality and what is dream.
It also has string elements of learning to accept self, and growing into who we are to be. Also the acceptance of what we can change and what we cannot. What it really comes down to is learning to live and learning to love. Also it shows that books can be friends and support us in our alone times.
The book will teach about learning to dream, learning to live and ultimately learning to go beyond ourselves.
(First written as Journal Reading Notes in 1999.)
Format:Paperback
I love Ellen Raskin. Like many readers, I searched out this book because of my deep attachment to The Westing Game. Figgs & Phantoms turns out to be something quite different, a moving (and, at times, unsettling) comic fantasy. But I'm *so* glad I read it. F&P is more effective than most adult novels in exploring what it means to belong; to find your path in life; to be a success; and to die. It's really unlike anything else I've read.
One caveat: I first read this book as an adult, and I have no idea how kids respond to it. For a wonderful Ellen Raskin book closer in feel to the Westing Game, definitely look for a copy of the out-of-print classic "The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues." [Barring that, "The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel)" is a good choice.]
Format:Paperback
I had just read The Westing Game, and I needed more. I checked out Figgs and Phantoms because I thought I couldn't go wrong with the author. I read it in about two days, and when I was done I was very disappointed. I was expecting a wonderful mystery, but instead, I get an interesting fantasy. For about three days, I told people how dumb it was, but then I really thought about it. I realized that the focus was really on the main character, and not much on the plot, which then made me like it more. Then I realized it applied to me, making it much for enjoyable. I really liked the book.
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