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A review by stephxsu
Kneeknock Rise by Natalie Babbitt
4.0
While I fell for this book almost from the get-go--there is something about its haunting narration that befits the fable-esque tale it's telling and evokes fireplace storytelling nights--I was worried that my EL410 kids would have trouble getting into the book. The vocabulary is more difficult, the prose is old-fashioned, and this book came on the heels of [b:Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder|6330420|Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder (Doktor Proktor, #1)|Jo Nesbø|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1358462434s/6330420.jpg|6516084], which is silly and straightforward and easy.
I needn't have worried. My kids blew me away with how much they could talk about this book. They plunged past the hard words and challenging prose and started talking about characters' opinions vs. fact (subjectivity vs. objectivity) and the significance of the animals. And this was just on Day One. I can't wait to see what else my kids will bring up, especially as the parable aspects of the story become stronger and stronger.
I needn't have worried. My kids blew me away with how much they could talk about this book. They plunged past the hard words and challenging prose and started talking about characters' opinions vs. fact (subjectivity vs. objectivity) and the significance of the animals. And this was just on Day One. I can't wait to see what else my kids will bring up, especially as the parable aspects of the story become stronger and stronger.