The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm

Name: The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Nancy Farmer
ISBN: 9781490672823

Author: Nancy Farmer

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 9 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/04/2015

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

You're about to enter the world of the future-a world turned inside out and upside down, beyond anything you've ever imagined. Zimbabwe, 2194. General Matsika's three children sneak out of the house on a forbidden adventure and disappear. Immediately, the general calls Africa's most unusual detectives: the Ear, the Eye, and the Arm. Together, these three detectives combine their superhuman powers to find the missisng children. It's a dangerous mission that leads them from the seedy streets of the Cow's Guts to the swaying top of the Mile-High MacIlwaine Hotel. With the evil spirits of the past and the villains of the future chasing them all the way, can the Ear, the Eye, and the Arm find the Matsika children before it's too late? African tribal folklore meets futuristic technology in this brilliantly imaginative Newbery Honor Book. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm blends adventure, laugh-out-loud humor, and an unforgettable cast of characters (black, brown, white, and even blue) into an extraordinary tale that listeners wil find unforgettable.

About Nancy Farmer

Nancy Farmer has written three Newbery Honor books: The Ear, the Eye and the Arm; A Girl Named Disaster; and The House of the Scorpion, which also won the National Book Award and the Printz Honor. Other books include The Lord of Opium, The Sea of Trolls, The Land of the Silver Apples, The Islands of the Blessed, Do You Know Me, The Warm Place, and three picture books for young children. She grew up on the Arizona-Mexico border and now lives with her family in the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brendan on January 12, 2011

This book is amazing. Period. End of story. Last year, when I was strolling through the classroom library, I came upon this book. I saw the cover and I said, "This is the best cover ever." Others may disagree with that statement, but I'm me and I thought it looked awesome. I decided to give it a sho......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on August 10, 2011

I first read this book back a little over ten years ago on the recommendation of my English teacher. One of the best young adult book I have ever read. The best parts are all the characters are so fresh and lively, the settling is top to none. It is a book that is felt with everything for me. A book......more

Goodreads review by Julie on August 22, 2018

I think I’m in a bit of a reading slump, because even this middle-grade book took far too long for me to read. I’m on a vague quest to read Newbery books that I haven’t before, though, so I was glad to round out my collection with this. Mostly, I’m so impressed that this was so diverse for a book pu......more

Goodreads review by Greg on May 10, 2016

Young adult novel? Check. Zimbabwean backwoods journey? Check. Cyberpunk futurist setting? Check. You don't get a lot of books that hit all three of those points- this may be the only one. As a fifth grader I wasn't entirely sure what to make of this novel, but it grew on me as I read. There are ele......more

Goodreads review by Jerry on December 17, 2022

A bizarre story, but fairly well done.......more