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Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9780439367868
ISBN number: 0439367867
Label: Blue Sky Press
Manufacturer: Blue Sky Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 128
Printing Date: June 01, 2002
Publishing house: Blue Sky Press
Age index: Ages 9-12
Sale Popularity Level: 635373
Studio: Blue Sky Press
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Dreenie Douglass keeps a day-to-day journal that seems to revolve around Bluish, a girl in her fifth-grade class. The other girls call her Bluish because she looks like moonlightŠ ³So pale you can see the blue veins on her face and the back of her handsŠ² Dreenie¹s fascination with Bluish becomes all consuming, causing even her moods to be based on her interactions with the bluish girl. This obsession is a way of escape for Dreenie, who takes care of her sister Winnie and her friend Tuli.
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Bluish is unlike any girl 10-year-old Dreenie has ever seen. At school she sits in a wheelchair, her skin so pale it's almost blue. Dreenie, herself new to the New York City magnet school, is fascinated by her, but wary as well. Unaware that the name Bluish could have derogatory connotations ('Blewish,' for Black and Jewish), she fixates on the moonlight blue skin tones of this curiously fragile child. Together with Tuli, a bi-racial girl who pretends to be Spanish (often with poignantly comical results), the three carefully forge a bond of friendship, stumbling often as they confront issues of illness, ethnicity, culture, need, and hope.
This novel has an edgy quality that may disconcert some readers until they find the rhythm. Bouncing back and forth between Dreenie's very first person journal entries and a third person narrative, the motion is a little unsettling. The overall theme is powerful, however, and Virginia Hamilton's skill in addressing the intense and subtle nuances of female friendships is impressive. No surprise, there; with over 30 books for young readers under her belt, and an armful of honors including the Newbery Medal for M.C. Higgins, the Great, three Newbery Honor Awards, the National Book Award, and many more, Hamilton is a formidable voice in children's literature. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter
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I am a teacher in the South Bronx. I read "Bluish" and loved it! I am currently using it with my students in the classroom.
The book is marvelous! The reading is easy to follow and the students can relate to the various themes in the story.
I feel the story line, is realistic, easy to comprehend and pulls the kids in naturally. They enjoy reading it. Their willingness to read out loud exemplifies the extent of their enjoyment.
As an educator, I am always searching for new ways to expose my students to powerful writers. Virginia Hamilton's book is fabulous!
My students are raising their hands, and doing their work while I am having fun using it as a valuable tool in the classroom.
I would strongly suggest this as a "do read" to parents, educators and students alike.
Virginia Hamilton, a writer to know!
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When a person sees or meets another person that is very different from him or her, what does he or she do? Dreenie, the main character in Virginia Hamilton's book, Bluish, toiled with the dilemma of how to become friends with a girl who was strangely different from anyone she had ever met.
Dreenie lived a normal life in one of New York's many apartment buildings. Her life seemed almost like a routine. Unless she was going on a school field trip or doing a project, Dreenie's days were very similar. Then a new girl came to Dreenie's school. Her name was Natalie.
Natalie was shockingly different. She was pale like moonlight, and you could see her "blue" veins clearly through her milky skin. This was one of the effects of the disease Natalie had, and why she was called "Bluish" by the other students who avoided and stared at her. Natalie made Dreenie uncomfortable, especially since she was afraid to catch Natalie's disease.
One day, the teacher assigned a group project and put Dreenie, her friend Tuli, and Natalie together. As Dreenie discovered the real person behind the pale skin and blue veins, she learned not to judge people before getting to know them. Dreenie almost missed an opportunity to make a good friend.
In life, we all face the problem of overcoming the differences in others. Bluish, by Virginia Hamilton, covers this. In our own way, it is up to us to answer the question," How do I respect and be friends with someone who is very different?"
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Bluish is an inspiring story of two girls bluish who overcomes her illness with strengh and spirt and Dreenie the older sister of a genius sister who is in turns fasinated and frighted by bluish.She looks beyond bluishs pyhiscal diffrences and becomes friends with her.Bluish is a story of friendship.I recomend Bluish as a quick read.Bluish lacks a climax,It doses not have much action in it. Bluish did not give me trills but it give me a story of a girl who can look pass apearences.I would not recomend Bluish for younger readers.I would recomend Bluish for a reader who seeks to understand lukiema.
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Bluish, is unknown to everyone. She sits alone in a corner like a ghost and watches. Everyone is scared of her because the her skin has a bluish tint. But Dreenie the most unlikely of all decides to befriend Bluish. At very first when she tries to talk to bluish it doesn't work. But later on Bluish and dreenie form a strong, unlikely friendship. It turns out Bluish is blue because she has cancer and chemo tainted her skin. That's also why she has no hair only hats. And why she isn't at school much. Bluish gets sick a lot. Bluish finds her real name is Natalie. And through a rough series of events Dreenie brings bluish the most wonderful gift ever. Hope.
This story has potential but it is confusing. It jumps around a lot and makes it hard for the reader to understand. However the storyline and the moral are equally beautiful. I recommend this book to anyone 12 and up.
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Bluish is the story of a young girl, Dreenie who lives in New York City. She lives with an annoying little sister and an almost more annoying best friend, Tuli. The book tells the story of these three girls befriending a girl at school who no one likes. The kids call her Bluish. She sits alone in a wheelchair when she comes to school and talks to no one. she has no hair. Only hats. And she is so sickly pale her skin has a blue tint. At very first the girls fear her but through the story they accept her as one of their own.
This book Virginia Hamilton is written very choppy. It jumps around a lot and doesn't stick to one theme. It is very repetitive and at times I even thought I was rereading a page. i would not reccommend this book.
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