The Dragonfly Pool
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.32 (854 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0525420649 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Amazon Customer said Great Read. I love this book. I am reading it with my 6th grade Reading classes because Tallie is a great heroine and it offers aspects of WWII besides the Holocaust.. Enchanting story of friendship and heroism Sheila L. Beaumont I love all of Eva Ibbotson's books, and this enchanting tale of heroism and friendship, with its fairy-tale atmosphere, is one of her best. The story is set in 1939, just before World War II, and Hitler is on the move. The heroine, 11-year-old Tally, is sent by her father, a doctor in London, to Delderton, an unconventional boarding school in the Devon countryside where students are encouraged to think for themselves.Meanwhile, in the small European country of Bergania, the king is bravely standing up to the Nazis. His son,. LoveBooks said Great beginning, so so ending. I listened to this book and loved the reader. I wonder if it had been any other reader if I would have liked it so well. This book had a strong beginning with great characters and a interesting setting. I was so excited to see where this book would go. The more I listened the more I kept waiting for that more. It was a sweet book that had a nice ending, but the story ended up being just ok. I just feel like it pittered off and didn't have that great ending like I was hoping for. Tally was great and all the other characters
Tally organizes a ragtag dance troupe so the school can participate in an international folk dancing festival in Bergania in the summer of 1939. At first Tally doesn’t want to go to the boarding school called Delderton. When Karil’s father is assassinated, it is up to Tally and her friends to help Karil escape the Nazis and the bleak future he has inherited.. There she befriends Karil, the crown prince, who would love nothing more than to have ordinary friends and attend a school like Delderton. But she soon discovers that it is a wonderful place where freedom and selfexpression are valued
Her worries and imperfections make her wisdom lovely rather than irritating. As it turns out, she thrives there, good-naturedly setting herself to solving the problems of students and staff alike. . Kept virtually imprisoned by his snooty wellborn relatives, Karil longs for a normal life, and eventually finds a way to escape his royal obligations, attend the school, and be reunited with his friends. The satisfying epilogue, set six years later, will have readers giggling through their tears.—Eva Mitnick, Los Angeles Public LibraryCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Tally has a bit of Sara Crewe about her; she is singularly compassionate and generous, beloved by almost all who meet her. All rights reserved. From School Library Journal Starred Review. During their visit, the king is assassinated, and she and the