This week along with writing my Literacy Narrative I finished The Clearing by Heather Davis. I really enjoyed reading this book after The Alchemist. This book was simple, not long, not complicated and no reading between the lines. It was also nice to be reading a simple book since we have also been working on our literacy narratives.
The Clearing is about Amy who has moved in with her relatively elderly aunt to escape her life in Seattle. What she finds is that in the country school isn't much different, she still had to deal with boys, parties, drama, ect. However this time she had someone to help her through it, Henry. Henry on the other hand has been stuck in the same summer since 1944 because he feared what would happen that fall but this summer he had Amy. With the help of each other they were both able to move on. Henry didn't pray for his summer to go on, and he ended up drafted into WWII and we don't know what happens to Amy but we I get the feeling it turned out good for her too.
I enjoyed reading about the different ways of life in the 1940's and now. The ways that the characters would deal with based on their society was interesting to read about. It was just a nice simple love story, there wasn't much not to like.
The Clearing: 9/22: 120 min
Literacy Narrative: 40 min
Total: 160
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