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Here Lies Linc (2011)

by Delia Ray(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0375867570 (ISBN13: 9780375867576)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Knopf Books for Young Readers

review 1: “Here Lies Linc” by Delia Ray is a really cute and funny juvenile book. Lincoln Raintree Crenshaw is a twelve-year-old boy who makes the decision, after being homeschooled with a very smart group of kids, to go to public school for junior high. His mother, who he calls, Lottie, is a bit of an eccentric history professor. Lottie has always been fascinated by the historical value behind cemeteries, and tombstones in particular, so it was nothing for Linc to wake up on a blanket on top of someone’s grave when he was young. Now that Linc is older, he is determined to “fit in” with his new peers so when he discovers that his American Studies class was going on a field trip to the cemetery and that local cemetery expert, Professor Charlotte Landers would be giving a t... moreour, Linc begged his mother to not let anyone know she was his mother during the cemetery tour. Her feelings are hurt somewhat but she agrees to Linc’s plan. During the cemetery tour, the students are assigned to a project called, “Adopt-A-Grave” to which each student is to pick an old grave to research. Most of the boys pick old war veteran’s graves while Linc decides to pick the Black Angel grave that is surrounded by tales of evil and curses. Interestingly, one of the girls picks a grave with the name of Robert Raintree. Linc’s dad, who had died when Linc was just seven, shared Linc’s unusual name and had once believed their middle name, Raintree, had ties to this Midwestern town in Iowa where they had moved to when Linc was only six years old. This author does a great job of weaving this tale to which she incorporated parts of actual grave stories. It would be a great read-aloud for a class of upper elementary and middle school students.
review 2: Lincoln Raintree Crenshaw is all too familiar with death. He lives right next door to the town cemetery, his mother is an anthropologist who has taken Linc visiting cemeteries and graves all over the US, and his father died suddenly when Linc was only seven. Now, as Linc begins his first year in a “real” middle school, what is one of his first assignments? To choose a tombstone in the cemetery and find out the history of the person buried there. Linc has a lot to prove. He has finally convinced his mom to let him go to public school after years in a homeschool setting, he has no friends at his new school, and he really needs to fit in. So, which tombstone does he choose? The Black Angel, a giant statute of a scary looking angel that hovers over the whole cemetery. The Black Angel has a bad reputation, with lots of frightening things happening to people who touch it. As Linc unravels the mystery of the Black Angel, he also unravels some painful things about his own family and the town he lives in. Will the hurt be worth it in the end? Read Here Lies Linc to find out for yourself! A great read for grades 5 and up. less

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