Dandelion wine A novel

Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012

Book - 1999

In the unusual world of Green Town, Illinois, a twelve-year-old discovers the wonders of reality and the power of imagination during the summer of 1928.

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Genres
Science fiction
Published
New York : Avon Books ©1999.
Language
English
Main Author
Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012 (-)
Edition
1st ed
Item Description
Sequel: Farewell summer.
Physical Description
xiv, 267 pages ; 19 cm
ISBN
9780380977260
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Review by Booklist Review

*Starred Review* Rhapsodic is the word to describe this episodic novel of the summer of 1928, when 12-year-old Douglas Spaulding first realizes, with a visceral rush, that he is alive! The other discoveries he makes during that memorable season are the stuff of this series of semiautobiographical stories, all set in Greentown, Illinois, a surrogate for Bradbury's own hometown of Waukegan. For Doug and Bradbury summer is a time for rituals, for buying new sneakers, hanging the front-porch swing, picking wild fox grapes, mowing oceans of grass, making dandelion wine, and more. It's a time for savoring small pleasures but also for experiencing the pain of loss when a best friend moves away and a great-grandmother dies. And there's danger, too, symbolized by the deep, midnight-dark ravine that bisects Greentown, where a serial killer dubbed the Lonely One may lurk. All of this is lovingly evoked by Bradbury in one of his most deeply felt and beautifully written books. Dandelion Wine, a classic celebration of childhood and of a sweetly idealized America, remains as pleasurable to read now as when it was first published by Doubleday more than 50 years ago in 1957.--Cart, Michael Copyright 2008 Booklist

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Review by Library Journal Review

Bradbury's (www.raybradbury.com) 1957 semiautobiographical novel, after which a crater on the moon is named, captures the very heart and soul of childhood, from terror of the dark to the delight of running in new sneakers. Set in 1928 Illinois, the tale revolves around the summertime adventures of a 12-year-old boy. Owing both to Bradbury's storytelling skills and Audie Award winner Stephen Hoye's excellent rendering of the characters, these adventures will translate to listeners as shared memories. Highly recommended for all libraries and the many kids-no matter what age-they serve. [Robert Fass reads Bradbury's sequel to this novel, Farewell Summer (2006), available from AudioGO; an alternate unabridged recording of Dandelion Wine, read by Paul Michael Garcia, is concurrently available from Blackstone Audio.-Ed.]-Theresa Connors, Arkansas Tech Univ. Lib., -Russellville (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Review by Kirkus Book Review

A welcome re-issue of that old-young favorite of Douglas Spaulding's twelfth summer in Green Town, Illinois, with a new introduction -- a smaller nostalgia trip in itself -- by Mr. Bradbury on how he wrote this book eighteen years ago. As before, it will be read and read. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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