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The Girl Who Owned a City (Young Adult Fiction)
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The Girl Who Owned a City
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Ok, now here's a story behind the story. I am currently a 32 year-old elementary teacher. I started out teaching sixth grade, for several years, but now teach primary. When I was in fifth grade our teacher read us this book. We were captivated. At the time that this book was written, the minds of kids (at least our age) could not possibly conceive of this plot-line. Everyday, we could not wait to see what happenned, and we constantly talked about the situation, struggles, and concerns of the characters.
Fast forward to the beginning of my teaching career and I remembered the protagonists name, the story-line, and nothing else. Since that time I have wanted to find this book, but had very little luck. My fifth grade teacher died about ten years ago, and I never had a chance to ask her (we worked in the same district). The power behind this book isn't necessarily literary. It is written for children. Children have minds that are black and white, most of the time. The holes in this story do create an arena to question it's integrity, but it also inspires kids to ask those questions.
As far as all of the philosophical conversations, well it has to be direct and to the point for young readers to wrap there brains around it. So really, it depends on what you are judging the book against.
In terms a childrens' book, it's not perfect. But, obviously powerful. I remembered it.
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Terrible book, interesting plot
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This book is about a girl who runs a 'city' when all adults suddenly die. I certainly do not like it and can't believe my reading group picked this.
Lisa is a terrible character herself, hardly a "heroine". She forces five year olds to drive cars, use guns, and work for their food. They're little kids, for goodness sake! It's very sad and cruel.
Her idea of a goverment? "I rule the city, I'll have a council but if I find it 'right' I won't listen, and no voting." Yes, no voting. Her exscuse? "Maybe someone will vote I can't drive my car." That's just plain stupid, and since when can ten year olds learn to drive by themselves!?! She also is strongly against the idea of sharing-and her citizen's only right is to LEAVE. And you can imagine it's not safe in a world without adults. She auctally is a dictator in her actions, bribing people with food to join her.
The virus itself is stupid. How can a virus very suddenly wipe out all people over the age of 12? Why 12? Does something super bad physically happen to everyone when they turn 13? There aren't even dead bodies, just a little paragraph about a starved-to-death cow.
Also, while the gangs are always the bad guy, Lisa's explosives, guns, and hot tar are always 'ok'. Being very strict about who to let in, and it being so dangerous in the outside world, I am guessing many innocent people were in the gangs to simply survive.
Also, I doubt kids would be emotionally stable enough to build a huge city in just a year if all of a sudden their closet adult relatives and such died without notice.
I admit this-it's a pretty cool idea. It always is cool to think about all those quirky little "what if's". If only it was played out differently, I would have adored this book.
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classroom unit
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I use this book with my 4th graders as a unit. The story is more about leadership and communication skills and using your brain in order to solve problems in order to survive and help others. Each chapter brings about a lot of discussion with my students. For example, everyone has an opinion on the ethics of going into a home (the owners are dead) in order to get food and supplies to live. I use several activities as we go so that my students can understand the importance of community. If you teach or just want a good book for your child, I recommend this one.
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Great for Kids....
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This book was brought to my attention by my husband. He would talk about this book that he read when he was younger and how much he loved it. It brought on new imagination for him. We decided to purchase this book and give it to my niece for her enjoyment. My husband wanted to share with my sister's kids this book so that they could use their imagination and think outside the box as well. It is a recommended book, in my opinion, for your kids to take a look at a whole new world of being responsible and what the world would be like if they needed to take care of themselves for a while.
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Lisa the Great
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If you are looking for a book full of adventure and excitement then The Girl Who owned a city by O.T Nelson, is the book for you. The world has changed for a brother and sister, Todd and Lisa, who live in a town called Glenbard . Anyone over the age 12 has died because of a plague. Lisa forms a militia to fight off gangs and protect what is theirs. Will they win the town back? Will Lisa succeed as a leader? Will anyone survive? To find out the answers and more you need to read the book. We recommend this book to anyone because it was very entertaining and the end was unexpected.
We would give this book four stars.
By: Paige, Brittany, Stacee, Rosario, and Savannah
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