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"We'll spend the whole summer on the farm with Uncle Ross. I ought to make up something special just because we've never ever gone alone like this!" And the first thing Elizabeth does is give herself and her younger brother, John, new names — Geeder and Toeboy.
The farm is special too, with its pump house, pond, and especially the prize razorback hogs that belong to Nat Tayber and his daughter, Zeely. Zeely Tayber is tall and dignified, unlike anyone else in the small town. Geeder is fascinated. And when she finds a picture of a Watutsi queen who looks like she could be Zeely's twin, Geeder knows she is in the presence of royalty.
A new 25th anniversary edition. "For Geeder, competent, self-possessed, six-and-a-half-foot Zeely Taylor becomes a romanticized idol. When Geeder finally meets Zeely, she gains a new perspective on daydreams and reality and a more realistic appreciation of Zeely's true character."--Booklist. Illustrated.
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| $99.99 | Digital |
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Edward Harmon
reviewed Zeely on August 13, 2013 Zeely
I have lost count of the number of times I've read this small book over the years, but today the covers fell off my copy. I loved it today as much as I did the first time I read it. Anything I say about the story line will be inadequate because it is the crafting of scenes and character that make the book spellbinding. One feels the night, the dew, and is pulled into the mystery of the Nightwalker. My copy which has, or had, a different cover than that shown above, is illustrated by beautiful black and white drawings that capture the sense of magic and mystery in a little girl's soul on a summertime visit to her Uncle Ross's farm. The author gently weaves in stories of the slave days, and creates an enchantment around the personage of a hog farmer's daughter down the way, whom young Elizabeth is convinced is really a queen, descended from a long line of African royalty.
This was the first book by Virginia Hamilton I ever read, and it remains my favorite.
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