Bredsdorff, Bodil Tink
(Children of Crow Cove series) Farrar
Strauss see macmillan children's pub group 2011 138p 16.99 978-0-374-31268-8 jr/sr VG-BN Historical Tink
leaves Crow Cove only to return with Burd, who helps him discover his place in
the community. This is the third volume
of “The Children of Crow Cove” series.
Readers were first introduced to Tink as a young boy in “Eidi.” In
“Eidi,” Tink was rescued by the heroine, Eidi, and joined the residents of Crow
Cove, an isolated seaside settlement, peopled by an odd assortment of family
and friends who find each other by chance, but remain together by choice. Readers will find themselves contemplating
who belongs in their “family” (the folks you care about, not necessarily those
who are relations) and what their place and contributions should be within that
group.
"Order in your things, someone to care for, and a place to belong. Otherwise you become like a boat that drifts along without an anchor, " advises Burd, an abusive drunk, who brings Tink back to to the seaside town when Tink attempts to leave the village. Burd’s unasked for (and unwanted) presence in Crow Cove changes the balance of the small community. With a poor harvest, the village struggles to feed itself; Burd teaches Tink the rudiments of fishing, to stave off starvation.
Dark themes are explored: alcoholism and the effect on the alcoholic and those people around him as well as suicide and the despair feeding into it). Survival, and how social norms change during tough times, provide thought-provoking material for discussion. Readers will admire the hardiness and resourcefulness of the Danish people depicted here.
The brief volume, “Tink, “ is a spare, well-written story. “Tink,” can stand on its own, but is more satisfying when read in the order that the series was presented. Readers who have not read the previous two volumes (the other is “The Crow Girl”), will have difficulty picking up the characters’ back stories. 1. Alcoholism - Juvenile fiction. 2. Orphans - Juvenile ficiton. Hilary Welliver
"Order in your things, someone to care for, and a place to belong. Otherwise you become like a boat that drifts along without an anchor, " advises Burd, an abusive drunk, who brings Tink back to to the seaside town when Tink attempts to leave the village. Burd’s unasked for (and unwanted) presence in Crow Cove changes the balance of the small community. With a poor harvest, the village struggles to feed itself; Burd teaches Tink the rudiments of fishing, to stave off starvation.
Dark themes are explored: alcoholism and the effect on the alcoholic and those people around him as well as suicide and the despair feeding into it). Survival, and how social norms change during tough times, provide thought-provoking material for discussion. Readers will admire the hardiness and resourcefulness of the Danish people depicted here.
The brief volume, “Tink, “ is a spare, well-written story. “Tink,” can stand on its own, but is more satisfying when read in the order that the series was presented. Readers who have not read the previous two volumes (the other is “The Crow Girl”), will have difficulty picking up the characters’ back stories. 1. Alcoholism - Juvenile fiction. 2. Orphans - Juvenile ficiton. Hilary Welliver
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