David's mother died almost a year ago, and his father is burying his grief at work. So David, 9, lives with his grandmother and takes out all of his anger and pain on her. Primrose, 13, never knew her father, and her mother is so distant that Primrose has moved into a van in the backyard. David meets Primrose while she is pretending to be dead at an Easter egg hunt, and the two begin sneaking out at night, roaming the town looking for trash to sell. As these two angry, hurting children squabble and connect, both find something in the other that allows them to begin to heal. There's surreal magic to the scenes where David and Primrose are abroad together in the night, almost as if they have entered another world. By flashlight and moonlight, they explore their town, searching for trash or night crawlers, hanging out with a kindly junkman, constantly bickering, but learning more and more about each other. Spinelli has a keen eye for character and motivation, and even though from the outside the kids' behavior would seem bizarre, as Spinelli takes readers inside, their actions start to seem not just understandable -- but familiar. The central metaphor, which recurs again and again in ways both obvious and subtle, will give discussion groups lots to talk about. So will the difficult and complicated relationships here: the central one between David and Primrose, of course, but also between the children and the adults in their lives. By turns moving, magical, and startlingly original. 5/5 stars :)
Eggs
By Jerry Spinelli
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grade 4 | U | 3.6 | 32391 |
Book Reviews (25)
This is about David a boy who lost his mom and his dad goes to work everyday and he only sees him on the weekends. This is also about Primrose a girl who has a fortune teller mother and a father that ran away...she thinks she has the right picture of him but, it's actually an actor.....they find each other during the egg hunt and later again in the story telling time. On many adventures between them include going to find night crawlers for the flea market and going "trash hunting" also for the flea market. They also try walking to Philadelphia to try to find the waving man, and they end up with a police cruiser having to rescue them, on that day David overcomes his fear of sunrises because his mother had said that they would wake up and go together to see the sunrise and he never did see the sunrise with her because she fell n the wet floor, dead. However, he couldn't avoid it forever so he decided to overcome his fear.
This book was also very good and some parts were sad. The character's feelings could be felt and the writing style was really nice. I would recommend this to fans of One Crazy Summer and Stef Soto, Taco Queen, which i also wrote a review.
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it is a good book but i could not find the plot
I think that this book was kind of emotional but also very interesting to read. The front of the book looks bad but if you read it, it is a pretty good book.
It's stricken with grief happiness and friends
It was very emotional and fun! It was long, but it was worth it at the end! :) i TOTALLY recommend this book to all u readers out there!!! š
its okay but not one of my favs
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we finished the book it really was funny.