tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991243497567962852.post309850355335452153..comments2024-03-26T01:18:41.528-04:00Comments on Bonnie's Books: A Northern Light ~ by Jennifer Donnelly, 2003Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991243497567962852.post-18973013094074351082012-08-05T19:03:58.708-04:002012-08-05T19:03:58.708-04:00Thank you for a great review. I will definitely re...Thank you for a great review. I will definitely recommend this one to my studentsHelen's Book Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01404788769349792460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991243497567962852.post-68885283881710540002010-01-10T01:11:34.333-05:002010-01-10T01:11:34.333-05:00Yep, I'd say expecting Mattie to marry – or ev...Yep, I'd say expecting Mattie to marry – or even date – a black guy in 1906 is a bit unrealistic and it does reflect today's world. Still, I'm glad you told me because that tells me that we've come a long way in the past hundred years.Bonnie Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07813549471704485150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991243497567962852.post-6937330960126281422010-01-09T10:31:48.387-05:002010-01-09T10:31:48.387-05:00Yay, I love this book. My students have loved the...Yay, I love this book. My students have loved the book as well. It always amuses me that they want Mattie and her best friend to hook up at the end, which, I think, says more about the world we live in now than what Donnelly was trying to say.<br /><br />Akilah<br />http://theenglishist.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01385300169561496122noreply@blogger.com