- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (18 Sep 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747546193
- ISBN-13: 978-0747546191
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,684,609 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Sometimes you really are terrible, Hazel.' 'Good, thought Hazel. Everyone should be terrible sometimes.' Each year, on Frogg Day, a fabulous parade fills the streets but children are not allowed to take part. So Hazel Green decides to adopt an unusual approach in an attempt to secure a place for herself and her friends in the festivities. Hazel Green is a very determined young lady, and in this beautifully plotted tale, we discover how a little determination can go a very long way as Odo Hirsch weaves a compelling narrative with fantastic characters.
About the Author
Odo Hirsch was born in Australia and now lives in London. In addition to Hazel Green and the Bartlett stories, Odo is the author of the widely acclaimed, award-winning Antonio S and the Mystery of Theodore Guzman.
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Format:Paperback
Hazel Green is very headstrong and knows her own mind. She is a brilliant lead to the story which involves feuding bakers and the all-important Frogg Day march. This is a funny, well written book that I would strongly recommend to anyone from seven above as an excellent read, and everyone will appreciate the humour behind it.
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Hazel Green by Odo Hirsch
7 Oct 2004
Format:Hardcover
When I was about nine or ten, I loved the Hazel Green series and basically grew up on Odo Hirsch stories. Now I am still in love with the books and note my pen-name: Hazel Green has got to be my favourite literary character.
"Hazel Green" follows the adventures of a girl(Hazel) in her urban environment around her. The characters are true and believable, and the most enjoyable things about this book and the others in the series is the way that they describe the ordinary life of normal people in the neighbourhood - but it hooks you. It is delightful to learn how the local florist arranges her flowers, how the fish shop owner obtains his fish, and you lick your lips at all the amazing delicacies on sale at the bakery.
The reader is put into the the shoes of someone in Hazel's vicinity, who is delightful company with her charismatic and childish but frank and true personality that reflects exactly what it feels like to be a child.
THe other thing that Odo Hirsch has managed to do is make a sort of soap-opera about the kids and shop-owners in the neighbourhood of the Moody building and other places in the urban setting. He manages to make the completely normal problems in life interesting as Hazel, inquisitively, tries to solve the problems and mysteries of her neighbourhood.
"Hazel Green" follows the adventures of a girl(Hazel) in her urban environment around her. The characters are true and believable, and the most enjoyable things about this book and the others in the series is the way that they describe the ordinary life of normal people in the neighbourhood - but it hooks you. It is delightful to learn how the local florist arranges her flowers, how the fish shop owner obtains his fish, and you lick your lips at all the amazing delicacies on sale at the bakery.
The reader is put into the the shoes of someone in Hazel's vicinity, who is delightful company with her charismatic and childish but frank and true personality that reflects exactly what it feels like to be a child.
THe other thing that Odo Hirsch has managed to do is make a sort of soap-opera about the kids and shop-owners in the neighbourhood of the Moody building and other places in the urban setting. He manages to make the completely normal problems in life interesting as Hazel, inquisitively, tries to solve the problems and mysteries of her neighbourhood.
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