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Peoples are strange!
The things they are doing and saying-sometimes they make no sense. Did their brains fall out of their heads? And why so much talking, all those words spilling out of those mouths? Why don't they be quiet?
In a tiny village high in the Swiss Alps, life for one angel has been the same, well, for as long as she (or he?) can remember. Until Zola arrives, a determined American girl who wears three skirts all at once. For neighbors who have been long time enemies, children who have been lost, and villages who have been sleepily living their lives: hold on. Zola and the angel are about to collide. Zola is a girl with a mission. And our angel has been without one—til now.
This hilarious and endearing novel by Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech reminds us that magic is found in the most oridinary acts of kindness.
"One of my most interesting jobs was in graduate school, working with the Federal Theatre Project archives (a Library of Congress collection, then based at George Mason University). I catalogued original illustrations for set and costume designs, some by Orson Welles. It was fascinating work!"
"I once fell 20 feet from a tree, was knocked unconscious, and when I picked myself up and straggled home, my parents thought I was making it up. However, when my brother and I fabricated a story about an encounter with a bear, they believed that! So maybe I learned very early on that fiction was more interesting to listeners!"
"As readers can probably tell from my books, I love the outdoors. I love to hike, kayak, and swim. I also love to read (which is probably not a surprise) and I love the theater and art museums. I especially love all the instruments of art: inks, pens, paintbrushes, watercolors and oils, fine papers and canvases, and although I love to mess around with these tools and objects, I have minimal artistic skills."
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Posted November 15, 2011
I read the first 20 pages and i love this book its about an angle who thinks she was not taught how to be an angle
A must read!!!!!
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Posted September 4, 2011
I love this book! Sharon Creech did a great book!
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Posted July 29, 2011
A Must Read!
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Posted June 24, 2011
this book was very unusual. it is about a angel who is living in the swiss alps in a old house in the tower inside of it. The angel is very confused. she doesn't understand much and feels like she has not been educated and at times i nthe book you can see porposful misspelling. then a fahther with a girl moves into the house with the tower and the girl changes the angels perspective of life and helping others and even helps the angel save a few orphans along the way. I liked this book because I believe that it doesn't really fit into a specific genre, becuase it fits every genre into it at once. There is no cursing or innappropriate things happening in this book so any age could read it and it would be agreat book to read to your kid before bed.
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.What happens when an angel is left floating around in a small town in the Swiss Alps without any supervision, training, or even knowledge of what an angel is supposed to be, do, or look like?
For one angel, years (probably even centuries) have passed in peaceful existence. But when Zola, an American girl, moves into the tower room that the angel has occupied, life begins to get complicated.
Zola is unique. She wears layers of clothing in bright disturbing colors. She yells at Vinny, the grandson of Signora Divino, who lives next door. She wanders around without any clear supervision. But most bothersome of all, she can see the angel, and she thinks she can order the angel around!
Angel doesn't always want to do what Zola wants though, and sometimes angel doesn't know what Zola really wants, so accidents can happen.
Creech spins a hilarious and delightful story about the antics of Zola, the pesky Divinos, awkward Mr. Pomodoro, and more residents of the Swiss village as she tackles the issue of an untrained angel who wants to help but doesn't always know how.
Readers of all ages can enjoy this tale and will fall in love with both the lovely, lonely little angel that lives in the tower room and the strange, caring little girl who turns everything upside down.
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This is the best book i've ever read. It is very spiritual, and you will stop and wonder about the world we live in and be amazed at how real the characters seem and how much you actually start to care about them.
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My 8 year old who loves to read and be read to, loves this book. This was our first Sharon Creech book that we had read. Now, we have read a few more. This is her best work so far. We shared a copy of this book with a friend of my child's and the person that received the story, loved it as well!
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Overview
Peoples are strange!
The things they are doing and saying-sometimes they make no sense. Did their brains fall out of their heads? And why so much talking, all those words spilling out of those mouths? Why don't they be quiet?
In a tiny village high in the Swiss Alps, life for one angel has been the same, well, for as long as she (or he?) can remember. Until Zola arrives, a determined American girl who wears three skirts all at once. For neighbors who have been long time enemies, children who have been lost, and villages who have been sleepily living their lives: hold on. Zola and the ...