Secret Heart

I should finish my second reading of this amazing book today. David Almond is one of my favorite authors, and this is one of--if not the top of my list--my favorite novels of his. The emotional tone is simply astounding. And he shows how beautiful writing can be, even without sentence variety. He sta......more

Wonderful fable told with warmth and tenderness and an understanding of how it feels to be the odd one out.......more

I guess I didn't get it. (view spoiler)[ It started off with a good premise, but as it went on… I suppose it wasn't my style. The plot is thin-- Joe has to bring the spirit of the tiger into the wilderness? And he can feel the spirits of the animals inside him, especially the tiger. /sigh/ But. So many things aren't r (hide spoiler)]......more

The circus arrives at the small northern town of Helmouth. The name is a little red herring as nothing wicked that way comes. It doesn't have to, it's already there in the form of petty crime and bullying and one idiot adult who likes killing animals. The circus is really quite benign if a little et......more

This story is about a boy named Joe Maloney. Who lives more inside his head than outside. He is not a very good student at the school. He has trouble with his speech. He sees things, creatures, just on the edge of eyesight that other people don't. Joe lives with his mother in Hellmouth. His days are......more