The Day of the Pelican (Hardcover)

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The Day of the Pelican (so named for an incident involving a drawing of a pelican that occurred on the day that Meli's life took a turn for the worse) is a historical fiction account of the flight of 11-year old Meli Lleshi's Kosovar Albanian family from the Serbian ethnic cleansing campaign of t...

from CatheOlson

I chose this book to review because I'm a big fan of Paterson (Bridge of Teribithia). This book was good -- but I wouldn't say great. It's about an Albanian girl in Kosovo during the late 1990's who has to leave her home because of the Serbs who are killing Albanians. She ends up in a camp in Mac...

from librarian1204

Paterson does a great job with a time and place that is not often covered in childrens' books.

from CatheOlson

I chose this book to review because I'm a big fan of Paterson (Bridge of Teribithia). This book was good -- but I wouldn't say great. It's about an Albanian girl in Kosovo during the late 1990's who has to leave her home because of the Serbs who are killing Albanians. She ends up in a camp in Mac...

from tjsjohanna

I wasn't sure I would enjoy this book, but I like Ms. Paterson, so I gave it a try. I really liked the family that she created and the way Ms. Paterson showed how hate grows and how it can be fought. I really admired the father figure in this novel and I felt that the story was told with compassi...