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    Caleb's Story
    Caleb's Story
    Caleb's Story
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    Caleb's Story

    Written by Patricia MacLachlan

    Narrated by Glenn Close

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    The third book in the series that began with the Newbery Medal–winning Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. This audio edition is narrated by Glenn Close.

    Anna has done something terrible. She has given me a journal to fill.

    ""It's your job now,"" Anna says as she hands Caleb her journals, asking him to continue writing the family story. But Sarah, Jacob, Anna, Caleb, and their new little sister, Cassie, have already formed a family, and Caleb fears there will be nothing left to write about. That is, before Cassie discovers a mysterious old man in the barn, and everything changes. Everyone is excited about the arrival of a new family member—except for Jacob, who holds a bitter grudge. Only the special love of Caleb, and the gift he offers, can help to mend the pain of the past.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKatherine Tegen Books
    Release dateNov 18, 2008
    ISBN9780061799136
    Author

    Patricia MacLachlan

    Patricia MacLachlan (1938–2022) was the author of many well-loved novels and picture books, including Sarah, Plain and Tall, winner of the Newbery Medal; its sequels, Skylark and Caleb’s Story; Edward’s Eyes; The True Gift; Waiting for the Magic; White Fur Flying; Fly Away; and Snow Horses. She lived in western Massachusetts.

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    • 4/5
      Anna is going into town and leaves her journals with Caleb, encouraging him to continue writing their family story. Caleb doesn't think he'll have much to write about, but then his little sister Cassie discovers a man behind their barn - their grandfather, their father Jacob's father who left him behind many years ago.MacLachlan's spare style continues the story of the Witting family, now telling it through Caleb's eyes as he deals with Anna leaving and his grandfather appearing, and hopes for reconciliation between his father and grandfather. It's also given a definite time frame: just at the end of World War 1 during the influenza pandemic, a detail I had forgotten. Perhaps as an adult the ending is just a little too perfect, but it's a warm story about family and forgiveness.
    • 5/5
      The third book in the Sarah, Plain and Tall-series. I just love this series of books that resembles The Little House on the Prairie and also is told from the children’s perspective. The first two books from Anne’s perspective - she’s a teenager now and leave the family to study and work in the city - and hands over the diary to her brother Caleb.Anna has done something terrible.She has given me a journal to fill."It's your job now," Anna says.This time the crisis in the family is not drought - well another form of drought - a deep seated conflict between Caleb’s father and grandfather - it’s exposed when the grandfather comes to visit them after years of silence and absence. Patricia Maclachlan again writes in sparse, poetical language with wonderful wisdom - again the mother Sarah is the cornerstone in the family and tries to hold everything together.Caleb: “… I want most of all for you to forgive Grandfather. I want you to forgive Grandfather so I can grow up and be just like you.” Another fine reading by Glenn Close who also stars as Sarah in the movie-adaptations.
    • 5/5
      This would be a good book to use when talking about the home front of world war i. I thinks students will like this book because it will give them a new perspective that they probably haven't heard before.
    • 4/5
      The narrator in this series changes from Anna to Caleb in this volume. The family is growing older and closer and larger. Sarah has had a baby, Cassie, and another member of the family has arrived from the past, Jacob's father. The two men have some relationship issues to work through before they can become one big happy family.A simple book for young readers. A nice introduction to life on the prairie.
    • 4/5
      Anna has given me an arduous task. I,Caleb, must continue writing the story of our family life. I don't like journal writing and have no talent for words. We work on a farm, we go to school. Besides nothing happens here or so I thought. Cassie and I find a strange man living in our barn.This man,John, (our long-lost grandfather) joins our family. My journal writing comes to life! "The wind howls outside, the snow and sleet hitting the windows like stones there. Inside it is peaceful. But John doesn't look peaceful at all. He looks like he has secrets. I will find out what they are."
    • 3/5
      Moar sequels! Maybe it's because I'm an adult, but it was obvious to me that Caleb's grandfather couldn't read. So the big build up to the reveal was annoying - but it is a children's book. Anywho, rounds out the story nicely.