Comments on Mitali's Fire Escape: YA Novels that Create a Sense of Place

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2009-07-06T10:38:06.278-04:00

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Sorry -- don't know why blogger is being bad!

Mitali, After naming the books with strong sense ...

2009-07-04T22:59:44.462-04:00

Mitali,
After naming the books with strong sense of place, IMO, words in red appeared saying my comment couldn't be posted, and to try again. After all my efforts, I was piqued and won't post all over again. Why does this happen?

Monsoon summer comes directly to my mind!

2009-07-03T17:25:43.393-04:00

Monsoon summer comes directly to my mind!

NATION by Terry Pratchett really puts the reader o...

2009-07-02T14:29:14.407-04:00

NATION by Terry Pratchett really puts the reader on that fictional Pacific island.

Reading FUNNY HOW THINGS CHANGE right now. That bo...

2009-07-02T12:36:43.447-04:00

Reading FUNNY HOW THINGS CHANGE right now. That book creats a strong sense of place.

A NORTHERN LIGHT is so strong that every time I th...

2009-07-02T10:54:02.252-04:00

A NORTHERN LIGHT is so strong that every time I think about it, I am transported to 1900s backwoods New York State.

THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH put me somewhere I'd never been -- never WANT to be!

BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE took me back to my elementary school years in the southeast. Sure, it's MG, but it really worked for me.

THE BOOK THIEF. Even after all the films I've seen, Nazi Germany has never come so alive.

Cassie Clare's MORTAL INSTRUMENTS series blended the NYC I know with a well-developed mystical realm. Another place I'm transported to immediately when I think of the author.

TEN CENTS A DANCE wrapped me in 40s Chicago.