- Hardcover: 128 pages
- Publisher: Scholastic (2003)
- ISBN-10: 0439978599
- ISBN-13: 978-0439978590
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,521,920 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I had heard Alice Hoffman recommended as one of the best writers around. . .and I can see why. In this fairly short, very simply and beautifully written novel-marketted as Young Adult but appropriate for almost anyone with a soul-Hoffman doesn't put a foot wrong. Green, the central character, is left to fend for herself when her parents and sister go off to the city one day and get swallowed up in some horrendous disaster. Society itself breaks down-teenagers roam around, half-starved, often drunk, traumatized,making do as best they can. Green has the company of one dog, a dog that was really her sister's. Then she encounters a ghostly white dog who follows her home, then a boy who has lost the power of speech. It's an engrossing read. It reminded me in some respects of Peter Dickinson's The Changes-the once-familiar landscape turned anarchic by things beyond one's control, and how peope cope(or fail to cope) in that landscape.
Highly recommended. I'm off to read some more Alice Hoffman.
Highly recommended. I'm off to read some more Alice Hoffman.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought green angel after reading a review about it in a book shop. Taking it home i didn't really know what to expect. I was not dissapointed. It is wonderfully written and deeply moving throughout the book.
I literally did not put it down and I read it in one sitting, I had to find out what happened in the end.
The story is set around a girl who faces many difficulties and has to learn to survive in a world that has become hostile and desperate.
It is brilliantly written and I haven't read anything quite like it before. The style of the writing was supprising but extremely well done. I would recomend this book to be read by adults as well as younger people even though it was in the childrens section. There isn't really anything childish about the book and it would suit all types of readers. Highly recomended if you are after something different and moving!
I literally did not put it down and I read it in one sitting, I had to find out what happened in the end.
The story is set around a girl who faces many difficulties and has to learn to survive in a world that has become hostile and desperate.
It is brilliantly written and I haven't read anything quite like it before. The style of the writing was supprising but extremely well done. I would recomend this book to be read by adults as well as younger people even though it was in the childrens section. There isn't really anything childish about the book and it would suit all types of readers. Highly recomended if you are after something different and moving!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
this book is fab! it's beautifully written even if it is very short and sweet. after losing her family, Green has to learn to survive on her own. it's full of hidden meanings and can teach you some very useful lessons. the reason i first picked up this book woz cos of the picture on the front and i wos gripped from the very first page. this is a truly touching tale of Green's struggle and i absolutely loved it!
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Another Hoffman Winner
This is one of the shortest books I've read in the past few years. I was able to finish it in under two hours. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Marion Marchetto
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Green, who was always in the shadows and worked in the garden, is hit with a terrible reality. Her father, mother, and sister were all killed in the city when it was... Read more
Published on 15 April 2010 by TeensReadToo
Short but satisfying.
A fantastic modern day fairy tale, filled with hope and determination of spirit. Fifteen- year old Green loses all of her family in a terrible fire and retreats into herself,... Read more
Published on 1 May 2007 by kehs
Very good
An amazing book about Green, a girl whose family have all died in a fire that kills many people, and leaves many homeless. Read more
Published on 23 April 2007 by Rubbah
Dark and disturbing, powerful and enchanting
I have read many Alice Hoffman books and still revel in her fantastic writing style and deeply metaphoric language. Read more
Published on 12 Oct 2006 by M. Cookson-carter
Superb!
A delightful and truly captivating novel by the wonderful Alice Hoffman. Forced to fend for herself after her family are killed in a fire, Green never for one minute gives up hope... Read more
Published on 7 July 2005 by Lynsey Telcontarian
a must read...just because
there is something about this book that reaches deep inside and makes you realise how lucky we are. Alice Hoffmans is a superb writer and in this short but beautifully written book... Read more
Published on 11 Jun 2003
Words which touch
The words flow like a river and you are drawn into the tangled weeds. Sink or swim? Is it compassion that lifts you from the depths of despair to the light sparkling through the... Read more
Published on 3 Jun 2003 by la_stellina
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