libraryrobin's review against another edition
4.0
A poetic account of sights from a cross-country train, voiced by a young girl moving with her family. The imagery, alliteration, and descriptive word choices are superb.
eirenophile's review against another edition
3.0
I did love the illustrations of the U.S. in this and I loved the way you could feel moving across the country. It did evoke the time and place of the author's real migration, and I enjoyed being able to taste that. I wonder, though, if children would be as lifted by the narrative as I am as an adult. In many ways it felt, despite the accessible writing style, like a more grown up feeling.
maidmarianlib's review
4.0
A memoir in picture book form, the illustrations are lovely and the theme is memorable, could have many classroom connections for students to write about their own journey's.
bdietrich's review
3.0
Read for 5427 class
This would be a good picture book to read with 5-7th graders for teaching literary elements. It's chock-full of similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, and allusions. However, I think the diction and all of the comparisons make it too advanced for the typical picture-book age readers.
This would be a good picture book to read with 5-7th graders for teaching literary elements. It's chock-full of similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, and allusions. However, I think the diction and all of the comparisons make it too advanced for the typical picture-book age readers.
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