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Title: Finely crafted story of a boy coming of age in Florida.
Review: This book is an assignment for my son entering 7th grade. He is dyslexic, so I am reading it on tape for him. Otherwise he could never get through a book of strange dialect and replete description such as this. Those of you who found the plot weak, and the story slow moving may not yet be mature enough to be able to appreciate the genius of Rawlings as she deftly develops the characters over this easy going romp through the Florida scrub of the early 20th century. The descriptions are like being able to listen, through your mind's eye, to Rawlings' recollection of this wild and fantastic land in which these simple people clawed out their existence. We have not yet finished the book, and my son is not enjoying it as much as I am. It takes a little more maturity and insight to really "get" this book.
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