I just finished reading Nightbirds On Nantucket by Joan Aiken. It is one of the seven books Wolves Chronicles featuring Dido Twite. It is a series about a girl named Dido Twite and her adventures.There are a lot of characters in this book. I focused mainly on Dido and Dutiful, since they were the main characters. I like how the author has a very unique personality for each character. Like how she shows Dutiful, frightened and nervous. An Example is on page 66. When the ship shakes, she gets really scared and assumes the worst right of, that there’s a hurricane. I wonder why Dutiful is so afraid of the ocean. I think it may be because her mother, who is now dead, was afraid of the ocean.When I was filling out this book on my book list, I was a little confused when it came to genre. I wasn’t sure whether it was historical fiction or fantasy.I think it is historical fiction because of the language and clothing expectations. With the language, they talk with a lot of words we dodon’t usually use anymore, like shan’t and hisn. With clothing, the girls are expected to were dresses. I think its fantasy only two reasons. One is because there is a pink whale, and the other because there is a gun that is a mile long. I suppose though, you could paint a whale pink.
I really enjoyed this book. One of my favorite things about it is the way the author does things, her style of things. She also comes up with very interesting ideas. I wonder how Joan Aiken came up with her ideas for this. It seems like she wrote it, and everything just flowed together. I think maybe she was living on the ocean when she wrote this. I think that because she has many details that make you feel like your right there.
2006-06-05
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