Eli the Good

Somewhere around 4/5 stars (I'll explain) I feel a little guilty for the way I treated this book. I've wanted to read it for ages. But I keep putting it off, all while hearing great things from people about it. Then I read it when I'm really in the mood to read something else, distracted and stressed......more

It is the summer of 1976 and Eli is 10-years-old. I was also 10 in 1976 and living in Kentucky. I enjoyed being reminded how summer days lasted forever, the excitement of the Bicentennial, hiding under a willow tree and how cold bottled soft drinks were out of a machine. I miss those little pieces o......more

Eli the Good details the story of Eli, a ten-year-old boy living in the summer of 1976. He is observant, curious, and often times ponders his surroundings regardless of his young age. He notices that his family appears to be torn asunder by the consequences of the Vietnam war - his dad suffers from......more

I loved this book so much. In my top five easily.......more

Silas House characters always seem to linger in my mind long after I finish the last page...He also did a great job of bringing multiple sides of an issue to the table thru the charactera that he brought to life for us...A beautiful southern read that I know I will read again.......more