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📖 The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

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👤 Author
Kate DiCamillo
📚 Genre
Fiction
🎯 Interest Level
MG
📊 ATOS Book Level
4.4
🔢 Quiz No.
102971
📝 Word Count
17,050
🔗 Series
🏷️ Topic
Adventure-Travel; Animals-Rabbits; Award Winners-SLJ Best Book; Award Winners-Boston Globe/Horn Book Award/Honors; Award Winners-Publishers Weekly Best Book; Award Winners-Quill Book Awards; Award Winners-ALA Notable/Best Books; Award Winners-Booklist Editors' Choice; Award Winners-Christopher Award; Emotions-Love; Family Life-Toys; Recommended Reading-Junior Library Guild Selection;

🌟 Recommendation Details

The excellently crafted story revolves around the perspectives of a china rabbit named Edward Tulane and his journey towards empathy. In the start of the grand adventure, Edward is living a rich life but he does not love, he does not care. But, amidst a fight between his owner and other kids on a ship, he falls off! This lands him deep in the deep dark ocean, where he lives in the pitch dark environment. But, due to him being made of china and unable to move, he stays there, restricted by his own material. However this is only the start of his journey, and he lands from a fisherman, to the garbage heap, falling to the fireside of a hobo camp, in the side of a dying child, and into the streets of Memphis, where he reunites with his owner, now an adult with her own child. From all this, and all the long years that he's been without his original owner he's learn to love others, which is why I recommend this story.

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