Eli the Good: Library Edition

from spartyliblover

Eli begins the first part of growing up the summer he was 10 as he comes to terms with his father's Vietnam War scars, his sister and mothers relationship, his aunt coming home and his best friend's family falling apart. While I loved the characters and the story, I'm unsure what age group I woul...

from lisagibson

This book tells a bittersweet tale of a family trying desperately to hold on to their beliefs and one another. Set in 1976, it's absolutely relatable for me. Eli Book is looking back remembering the summer everything changed for him. We all reach a point in life when we realize our parents are pe...

from Tinasbookreviews

Eli is your typical 10 year old boy, one who loves to climb trees, play until dark and lives in a time when children could play outside without the fear of predators hiding in every corner. Its 1976, the end of the Vietnam War and a fragile time when Americans were happy with 50's values, yet jus...

from megtall

Eli the Good was an excellent story of coming of age during a somewhat turbulent time in his family's existence. His father is suffering flashbacks/PTSD from his stint in the Vietnam War, leaving his mother stressed and distant. Eli's sister is suddenly anti-patriotic, and Eli feels lost in the m...

from OvertheMoonBooks

Eli the Good is a simple story about a 10 year-old boy's summer. It is also a treatise on friendship, family, war & peace, eavesdropping, and love. Eli is surrounded by people who are also good, in their ways, and not always so good, as we humans can be. Scenes of war and weather fairly crackle w...