Thimble Summer
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Thimble Summer

by Elizabeth Enright

1938•Family•136 pages

Taste attributes: familydramawholesomerealisticsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of age

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Boxlist takeWholesome and intimate: a family novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like warmth over edge.

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3.7 / 5

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About This Book

Children's novel set in 1930s rural Wisconsin. First published in 1938. A story about the various things that happen during the summer when Garnet Linden is nine.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

FamilyDramaComing of age

Subjects

Farm lifeJuvenile fictionNewbery MedalSummer in literatureSummerWisconsinFriendship

Details

Author
Elizabeth Enright
Published
1938
Pages
136
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