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Eidi: The Children Of Crow Cove (2009)

by Bodil Bredsdorff(Favorite Author)

3.74 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0374312672 (ISBN13: 9780374312671)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

series

The Children of Crow Cove

review 1: "Eidi" is the second book in the Children of the Crow Cove Series, and it is the winner of The Batchelder Award. This old, Danish, folktale-like book is about a young girl named, Eidi, who after her mother and new step-father have a baby, she no longer feels that there is room for her in the house, so she sets out to work as a sewer with a family friend very far away in the mountains. After impressing an important man in the small town that she and her family friend sell their wool, she begins to sew scarves for him at his mansion. However, Eidi discovers that he has a neglected son that she immediately bonds with. Still a child herself, Eidi realizes she and Tink must make some difficult decisions that could alter the course of their lives, and they decide to run away ... moretogether to keep Bandon from abusing Tink any longer. However, along the rugged mountain terrain, the two run into Eidi former alcoholic step-father that her mother eventually escaped from, and as she and Tink work to get away from him, Eidi realizes what it means to have good character and to face your fears. This folk-talk draws the reader in and captures you with the pure honesty and sense of adventure. This novel could be used in a book club. It includes a lot of vivid imagery and is described in much detail, so students would be able to discuss the surroundings and what is happening in the book. This book also focuses on character and growing up, so having students read this as a book club could allow them to ask difficult questions and challenge one another with open discussions. This could also be done during guided reading. This book would also be great to read a little bit each day as a read aloud during a unit about character or a writing unit on imagery.
review 2: Now I remember, when I read Children of Crow Cove (or whatever it was called), I thought it was nice, but a bit strange, and very quiet, and I wasn't sure who would ever read it. Also, very Not American. I don't mean that in a bad way, in fact, that's why I read the Batchelders. But I don't know who to give this to. The child abuse makes it a tough sell for younger children, it's light on plot, and has a real folktale feeling to it. less

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