Wise Child by Monica Furlong Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Wise Child
Book Review: One of my all-time favourites
Summary: 5 Stars
_Wise Child_ is one of the best books I've ever read! It's a story about a young girl living with her grandmother, when the grandmother dies she is taken in by Juniper, who everyone believes to be a witch. Juniper, who is actually a _Doran_, teaches Wise Child how to help heal people and to live in the rhythm, having to face both Wise Child's mother, a powerful sorceress, and the hatred of the village priest. _Wise Child_ has remained a much-read favourite of mine, ever since I first read it at age 12 (I am now 14). I recomend it to anyone who can read ^_^Book Review: very good but...
Summary: 4 Stars
i found this book, like many others did, to be very well written and just good overall. however, the themes of witch craft that it is claimed to have are very very vague. i found that it was not truly about this at all, more so accepting the differences in others and so on. i believe this quote was from wise child, but it could have been from juniper. it is, forgive me if i am a little off,: "Christians believe there is only love, but we see something more" if there wasn't love where would we be? love is the one thing that is worth working towards, because in the end it is only love that makes us happy and can solve problems.Book Review: One of the Best
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm fourteen, and an extremely avid reader, and I read this book when I was eight, I think. To this day it remains one of my favorites. This book is about a young girl in Scotland, nicknamed "Wise Child" by her peers because of her big dark eyes. Her father is away at sea, her mother left when she was very young, and her grandmother dies. With no one who will take care of her, the one person who volunteers is "Juniper", the village doran(witch is a vulgar word). Wise Child is afraid because of the rumors about the young woman, but has no choice. Wise Child learns about herbs, "spells" and becoming part of the world. She also has some trouble with the village priest, Fillan, who believes Juniper is evil, and with her mother, a harmful Doran. I would recommend this to anyone of any age, for it's a classic tale of fantasy and frustrations.Book Review: An Exciting Book!
Summary: 5 Stars
(The summary says it is for 4-8 year olds, but that must be a mistake).I'm 11 years old. I really liked this book. I recommend it for everyone. It was good from the start and it was good all the way through. It is full of magic and unexpected things. I read it in only two days!
Book Review: Two wonderful Furlong stories
Summary: 5 Stars
"Wise Child" and "Juniper" are about witch-healers, called Dorans. Each one tells the tale of the lead girl's begginnings into witchcraft, with the help of their Doran-mother. Most of their work is mixing herbs and making medicine, but sometimes they have to use trance to look into the future or into themselves. The mood has a slight taste of curry to it...spices that are somewhat sweet, somewhat bitter. The cover art is beautiful.