[LM_NET] BOOK: The pull of the ocean

[Frederick Muller <mullinator52@GMAIL.COM>]

Mourlevat, Jean-Claude. The pull of the ocean. Delacorte, 2006 [0-385-73348-8]
Yann is a mute midget who has six brothers who are all twins.  Yann is
able to communicate with them although he can not speak. They live
with a crude, poor family and one night Yann wakes them all up scared
that their parents want to kill them all so he leads them out into the
night, away from the house, to the ocean.  A social worker who has
been concerned about the family calls and reports the missing
children.  What follows is an unusual journey across the country, when
the kids meet various people and run into different problems.  This
190 page book is unusual so say the least.  I am not sure what I think
of it... I did get wrapped up in the story but am not sure everyone
would. Maybe it lost something in the translation from French.

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Halsted Middle School Library
Newton, NJ
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