http://janeonbooks.edublogs.org/2009/06/11/in-spite-of-killer-bees-and-a-very-fine-line-julie-johnston/ I Love Kids' Books Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:32:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://janeonbooks.edublogs.org/2009/06/11/in-spite-of-killer-bees-and-a-very-fine-line-julie-johnston/comment-page-1/#comment-135 janeglen Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:22:14 +0000 http://janeonbooks.edublogs.org/?p=185#comment-135 Thanks for all your recent comments. I have wondered too about the time of these novels but I think they're intriguing enough for kids to overlook that. They still feel contemporary. Thanks for all your recent comments. I have wondered too about the time of these novels but I think they’re intriguing enough for kids to overlook that. They still feel contemporary.

]]> http://janeonbooks.edublogs.org/2009/06/11/in-spite-of-killer-bees-and-a-very-fine-line-julie-johnston/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Florence Barton Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:00:56 +0000 http://janeonbooks.edublogs.org/?p=185#comment-131 I read A Very Fine Line but haven't read in Spite of Killer Bees. Your review makes me want to get right at it! I think Julie Johnston also wrote Adam and Eve and Pinch Me which is an excellent book set in the 40s also, I believe. I sometimes wonder if we adults like books set mid century more that most of our YA readers but I know well written books like Julie Johnston's will be read by all of the girl "readers" - fair enough as the boys have the likes of John Wilson. I read A Very Fine Line but haven’t read in Spite of Killer Bees. Your review makes me want to get right at it! I think Julie Johnston also wrote Adam and Eve and Pinch Me which is an excellent book set in the 40s also, I believe. I sometimes wonder if we adults like books set mid century more that most of our YA readers but I know well written books like Julie Johnston’s will be read by all of the girl “readers” – fair enough as the boys have the likes of John Wilson.

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