
This is my favourite book which is so-called "Feathers" written by Jacqueline Woodson, author of Newbery Honor.
Sypnoses :
"Hope is the thing with feathers" starts the poem Frannie is reading in school. Frannie hasn't thought much about hope. There are so many other things to think about. Each day, her friend Samantha seems a bit more "holy." There is a new boy in class everyone is calling the Jesus Boy. And although the new boy looks like a white kid, he says he's not white. Who is he?
During a winter full of surprises, good and bad, Frannie starts seeing a lot of things in a new light — her brother Sean's deafness, her mother's fear, the class bully's anger, her best friend's faith,
and her own desire for "the thing with feathers."
Jacqueline Woodson once again takes readers on a journey into a young girl's heart and reveals the pain and the joy of learning to look beneath the surface.
What I like the most about "Feathers" is the poem written by Emily Dickinson :
"Hope is the thing with feathers
that perches in the soul,
And sings the tune --- without the words,
And never stops at all."
Don't you think that the poem is so beautifully composed ?
arghh ~ there was chills down my spine every time I read the poem ~~~ such indescribable feeling ~~~~!
and the sign for "believe"
It was signed by Frannie's brother, Sean who was born deaf.
His pointer finger against the side of his head like he's saying "think", then his hands coming together --- like the sign for marry. And Frannie stood there thinking, for the 1st time about how PERFECT the word was --- to have a thought in your head and then to marry it, to take it into your heart forever ...
I would say that Sean is my favourite character in the story even though he is not the protagonist but LOVE him ~ love his sense of humour, love him even he is deaf and love the game which he used to play with his sister, Frannie. The game is about 1 person gave the word and the other person had to describe it, to make the person feel it someplace inside of themselves. To make the person hear it.
And lastly I love the story when it come to a part where Frannie asked her mom why didn't they just get the operation for her brother, Sean. Apart from the risk of the surgery, her mama told her that " there's nothing wrong about deaf. It's just another language. So now you're bilingual. That's a gift."
Omg... so touching ... It's like my heart squeezing up when I read through the sentence ~~~ love the way the author tell her story ~ !
Excellent novel ! Recommended !











