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The Color of My Words Lynn Joseph Books Reviews
- _The Color of My Words_ is the story of a young girl growing up in the Dominican Republic where "silence was self defense." The first chapter is called "Wash Day," and is where the main character (Ana Rosa) says "At the river's edge, I'd tell Mami all the special things I had thought about during the week." This is where Ana Rosa learns that her mother is worried for her. "Writers have died here. At least those brave enough to hurl words at our government." We are introduced to the rest of the girl's family, her Papi, brother Guario and siblings Angela and Roberto and also to the gri gri tree where she watches the world go by and daydreams. The ability of the girl to write effectively comes into the story as she describes some of what is going on around them (a humpback whale that comes into the Sosua Bay). It is inspiring to read of how her brother Guario encourages her and understands what she is trying to express. "He was smiling. My big strong brother who worried about our future, my serious Guario who almost never smiled, suddenly let out a loud whoop and grabbed me up. He spun me around and around." You come to know her and her family as well as the community of people in their village. I don't want to reveal the whole story so I will just say that through her writing we are introduced to the conflict of the time as well as to her own personal struggles. At the very end, she gets a special gift from her Mami and Papi, but you will have to read the story to find out what it is!
- Reminds me of DR and just growing up. I highly recommend it for kids Fourth or fifth grade to even middle school aged.
- This was on my daughter’s booklist for school and she’s already started to read it and really enjoys it so far.
- Excellent! The reader is wonderful and keeps the attention of the listener. We enjoyed it this very much!
- Timely shipping. This book was a required summer reading. My daughter easily read this. Not a book she would pick by choice but do to the readability of the text she had no hang ups getting through it.
- Good voice actress.
- I used this book with my English Language Learners at the middle school level. I was perfect to teach elements of fiction and descriptive writing. Students loved the characters too
- One of the best books I ever read with my students.
