Nine Man Tree

by Robert Newton Peck

Book Overview

From the author of the best-selling classic A Day No Pigs Would Die In Depression-era Florida, twelve-year-old Yoolee's main concern in life is protecting his little sister, Havilah, and his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375802509
• ISBN13: 9780375802508
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

I, an almost-50 yrs. old woman, enjoyed this immensely!

I enjoyed this book so thoroughly, I am looking forward to reading his well-known book, "A Day No Pigs Would Die."Just one example to illustrate Mr. Peck's prose style. Yoolee and Havilah were watching their Uncle Bib's womanfriend, named Sugar, getting onto a hammock that the Uncle had hung up between two "black mangrove trees." Sugar, her "feet up and shoes off, her chubbiness sagged a big bulge in the hammock. She filled it like a breeze to a frigate." The bulge is as big as the reader's imagination allows. However, filling the hammock "like a breeze to a frigate," that leaves no doubt as to the size of the bulge!This is a heartwarming story inspite of some really horrid scenes described in here because Mr. Peck has skillfully weaved in some comic reliefs throughout.