{"id":2039,"date":"2018-03-21T20:17:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T20:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/2018\/03\/anilas-journey-2\/"},"modified":"2018-04-05T13:58:46","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T13:58:46","slug":"anilas-journey-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/2018\/03\/anilas-journey-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Anila&#8217;s Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      FlumeAward &#8211; Anila&#8217;s Journey                Discussion page for <em>Anila&#8217;s Journe<\/em>y.<\/p>\n<p>Does Mary Finn have a gift for language!!! This gorgeously written story is enchanting even though the plot is a bit weak. As I was reading and being absorbed by the resplendent language, I thought, this book is a diadem in the crown of India; I read it very slowly, savoring every gorgeous word. Does it belong on the Flume list? Well, it&#8217;s culturally rich and interesting enough with a very brave and adventurous young girl trying to make her way in late eighteenth century colonial India. Her primary asset is her gift for drawing birds, and she eventually procures a position with a Mr. Walker to find a new species of bird on a journey up the Ganges river; he wishes to name this bird after his deceased sister, and have our Anila draw it. His goal becomes Anila&#8217;s quest to find not only herself, but her lost father. Narration is divided by Anila in the present and in her past. Both threads create a bit of suspense and do draw the reader forward. I loved the book, but it would surprise me if teens were as enchanted&#8230; I&#8217;ll be eager to discuss it&#8217;s place on the list in the committee meeting. If there&#8217;s a place for it, I would love to see it in the top thirteen! It is a gift of a book, and again, I can&#8217;t say it enough, the flow and beauty of the writing is inspirational.<br \/>Lisa Houde Rye Public Library<\/p>\n<p>I too loved the language, but I think the draw for me, to the characters, was as an adult. This would be a great read as part of a curriculum unit. I don&#8217;t think this title would have great appeal to Flume readers. Christine Tarrio Stephenson ML      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FlumeAward &#8211; Anila&#8217;s Journey Discussion page for Anila&#8217;s Journey. Does Mary Finn have a gift for language!!! This gorgeously written story is enchanting even though the plot is a bit &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"moree\"><a class=\"btn btn-inverse btn-normal btn-primary \" href=\"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/2018\/03\/anilas-journey-2\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flume-award-titles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3122,"href":"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039\/revisions\/3122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}