Little Jordan

by Marly Youmans

Book Overview

A young child is found dead on the banks of the Little Jordan river. Someone tries to commit suicide. A teenager runs away from home. LITTLE JORDAN has the weird tension and quiet oddity of a David... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567920292
• ISBN13: 9781567920291
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
• Length: 105 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

beautiful, even for a non avid reader

I randomly picked this book off the library shelf and gave it a read today. Not being an avid reader, it was hard for me to distinguish the plot...or the meaning, but I must say it was probably the most beautiful piece I've ever read.

Poetic and Beautiful

I thought this book was wonderfully written in a fresh different way. She shows the Summer of one girl's life that changed her forever. It may be short, but it is definately a high reading level and worth reading. For those of you who say there was no plot, there is a plot. You just can't see it as well as in other novels. In many other novels the plot jumps out at you. In this one the plot is hidden and you have to want to find it to actually find it. This novel is beautiful, just beautiful!

What a beautiful book.

I read Marly Youmans's novel *Catherwood* and wanted to see her earlier work. This one is charming. The people who rated it lower just didn't know how to read a novel written by a poet. Youmans focuses on mood rather than plot, and the book is fragile and lovely.

Death, love and growing up, all in one small book

Little Jordan is one of the most beautiful books I've ever read. It is rich with observation, ripe metaphor and vital happenings. Readers who like an A goes to B goes to C plotline may be discourage by the lack of traditional plot, but readers who love language, finely drawn characters and the poetry in everyday life will love this book.

perfect page one

Marly Youmans has written a beautiful coming of age story. She creates lovely, memorable imagery. Her book captures the sweet, sad excitement of adolescence. The first page is the best beginning of a story I've ever read.