Alida's Song
By Gary Paulsen
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The wonderful grandmother seen through the eyes of a young boy in The Cookcamp reaches out to him at 14, offering him a haven from his harsh and painful family life. She arranges a summer job for him on the farm where she is a cook for Olaf and Gunnar, elderly brothers. Farm life offers the camaraderie and routine of hard work, good food, peaceful evenings spent making music together, even learning to dance. Life with Alida gives the boy strength and faith in himself, drawing him away from the edge and into the center of life.
Gary Paulsen
Gary Paulsen (1939–2021) wrote more than two hundred books for children and adults, including the father-son comedy How to Train Your Dad, and the survival adventure Northwind. Three of his novels—Hatchet, Dogsong, and The Winter Room—were Newbery Honor books. In 1997, he received the ALA’s Margaret A. Edwards Award for his contribution to young adult literature. His books have sold over 35 million copies around the world.
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Reviews for Alida's Song
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Now a young and somewhat troubled teen, a boy discovers his grandmother found him a job on a farm working for Gunnar and Olaf. She serves as the men's private cook. The boy's home life leaves much to be desired with two alcoholic parents who show no interest in him. The boy spends all his time working, has no time to study, and passes to the next grade only "because they don't want to keep him around another year." Years later the boy discovers the truth about that summer job which endears his grandmother to him all the more.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I really enjoyed this feel good book.This story is about a young boy and his relationship with his grandmother. The struggling life at home and the new life the summer he spent with his grandmother.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Delivering papers, , almost failing 8th grade, living in the basement below his drunken parents' apartment, he is called to work on a farm with his grandmother - the cows walking up in the morning mist, pulling weeds from 160 acres, -- made me cry...