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Summary: Poignant and Real
Review: Paula Fox's writing style is beautiful. Her descriptions of her characters and settings are illuminating. At the risk of sounding cliched, the reader is truly transported into another time and place. Part of the reason for this is that Fox can tap into both the physical and psychological traits of people, places and time periods.Her characters are well-drawn and thought-provoking, if only because of the protagonist/narrator's reactions to them. What kind of men would work on a slave ship? Not all of them, according to Paula Fox, are monsters. Most of them are made up of histories, beliefs and opinions that an English class would relish to take apart and try to explain. Each of them has his own reason for being there and his own justification for what he is doing. This book may be too heavy for young children, particularly the climax and the ending. The reason may be that Fox did nothing to diminish the horror and the evil that was inherent in the slave trade. Yet, as a novelist, she made room for complexity in human beings (none of her characters was a two-dimensional cardboard cut-out) and in situations. As a result, readers end up with a better idea of the slave trade than if they read a story with stereotypical racist characters written by a novelist with an agenda.
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Summary: Thought provoking
Review: I read this book several years ago and it truly deals with a thought provoking subject. The writing is excellent as well as the subject matter. It opened my eyes to a side of slave trading that I had never thought about. It is a haunting work that disturbs me still.
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Summary: To have a newbery Award or not to have a newbery Award. Not
Review: In the Newbery award winning book The Slave Dance, written by Paula Fox, many adventures take place. One day when a boy named Jessie was wandering the town, two men kidnapped him. Jessie was covered with a sack and was taken to ship called the moonlight. He was taken to many places including Africa, Cuba, Mississippi. He was taken to this place to entertain the crew and the slaves. Jessie and the crew was caught in a storm and jumped over board. He landed on Mississippi and with the help of a runaway, he found his way home. This book tells how Jessie has to solve his big problems on the Moonlight. I thought the book The Slave Dance was not very good of a book. I found the book to be rater boring and offensive towards African Americans. I think it was more appropriate for someone older. I don't think this book should have a Newberry award. That is what I think of the book but you my think different.
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Summary: The Slave Dancer
Review: After I read the book the Slave Dancer I thought was well written, but I also thought the it was boring. I fell asleep countless times trying to finish the book. I don't like it because there was not much action and more talking and explaining. I also thought they copied many other books,it is a child gets capaptured and taken on a slaver. It was a terrible book and I would never recommend the book. The book, The Slave Dancer was a book not worth reading. After I read the book The Slave Dancer, by Paula Fox,I relized that it is about a boy that goes on numerous adventures out at sea. Jessie Bollier, get captured from his home in New Orleans to play his fife for the African Slaves. While on the Moonlight, the ship, with all the slaves and the crewmembers Jessie is ordered to make everyone dance. Jessie becomes great friend with crewmember, Purvis, also know as Clay Purvis. Purvis helps him through out the long wondrous days out on the ship. Purvis helps Jessie by sneaking food to him, and making him fell as if he were at home. Later in the book they had a huge storm which all the slaves and crewmembers drowned, except Jessie and Ras, the slave boy. In Mississippi, Ras and Jessie meet an old man who directs Jessie home and Ras to Safety.
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Summary: My Opinon
Review: After I read the book The Slave Dancer, I didn't enjoy the book very much. It had a lot of violence in it and the book insulted black people. The first part of the book that disturbed me was when the captain was throwing off sick slaves. The captain was cruel person to the slaves on the ship. Another part of the book that I didn't like was when Ben Stout stole the egg from the captain. I would never be Stout's friend because he betrayed Jessie. Even though I disliked this book, people might find this book interesting because it is somewhat based on a true story.
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Summary: The Slave Dancer
Review: The book I read was The Slave Dancer. I think The Slave Dancer was Ok. I think it was Ok. because they had a lot of Interresting words. They also had slavery. It did had adventure. I would recommend it to anyone. After reading The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox we were amazed by the realistic settings and characters of the book. In the book the character Jessie who is kidnapped by the crew of the Moonlight. Once the slaves board he is forced to empty the latrines and help clean the holds. They had a ball for the slaves the ship ran into the American Patrol. They then had to throw all the slaves overboard but Jessie saved a slave name Ras. Ras and Jessie escaped to the hold and stayed there for a while. All of the crew died excepted for the evil captain. Ras and Jessie escaped by floating ashore on a piece of wood of the ship, they then met Daniel who took care of them. Ras went to the North and gave Jessie directions to go back home. In Conclusion, we thought this book was amazing.
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Summary: The Slave Dancer
Review: The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox is about a boy and his extraordinary journey on a slave ship. A young boy named Jessie was abducted from his loving family by certain future crewmembers to play his fife, a musical instrument, for the slaves. He had a hard time adjusting to the fact that he would be playing music for the slaves on the ship, The Moonlight. The Moonlight sailed to Africa, upon the capain's strict orders, to pick up slaves so that he was able to make a profit. Jessie disliked the slaves due to the suffering they endured and to make it worse slaves were thrown overboard because of a crew members mistake. Due to a terrible storm, Jessie and his new friend Ras had to swim to land where they were found by an old man. The old man helped Jessie and Ras, but then sent Ras up north with friends and Jessie with directions home. In conclusion, The Slave Dancer was an interesting story that would be very hard to forget. After reading The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox, I learned that it was very descriptive so that I actually felt I was one of the characters. When the author described a character she used words you were able to picture. The author used imagery that makes you feel like you're in the book. Also, the story line is so interesting that you are racing to get the end of the sentence. That is why I think The Slave Dancer is very wonderful but interesting story that takes you with the journey of a boy on a slaver.
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Summary: The Slave Dancer
Review: I thought The Slave Dancer was an ok book. It was not the book of my choice, and I wouldn't read it again. The only thing I didn't like was that there wasn't enough action and it wasn't very descriptive. Like when they were taking the slaves on the ship there wasn't much action. Also when he was walking home they could have been more descriptive. Otherwise I thought it was pretty good, and if you like books with slaves in them this is the book for you. I wouldn't recommend this book to read because in my opinion I think it was a waste of time. While we were reading The Slave Dancer, by Paula Fox, we learned about Jessie's adventure on the slaver. In the beginning, Jessie, a young boy, gets captured and taken on a small ship called the Moonlight. Jessie was taken on the slaver to make the slaves dance... The Slave Dancer explains an expedition on a slaver in the 1840's.
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Summary: The Slave Dancer
Review: In order to understand what it was like to be on a slaver, either as a slave or crewmember, a good book to read is The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox. The quality of the literature, however was not exceptional. First of all, there was not a substantial amount of action. In the parts where there actually was action, the author was too descriptive and not enough time was spent writing about the action itself. Overall, I would give The Slave Dancer one and one half stars out of five.
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Summary: The Slave Dancer
Review: I think the book Slave Dancer by Paula Fox is a very, very, very boring book. I would not even think about buying this book anywhere. My point is that the book does not has anything good about it. Expct the award on the cover. If you really need to find it out and it's your opinion. The book does not has action in any page... At first, Jessie is captured and taken onto a ship called " The Moonlight". This ship will take Jessie to Africa, to play his fife for the slaves. After the slaves board the ship Jessie meets a slave boy named Ras. All of a sudden a huge storm hits the ship, Jessie and Ras are forced down into the slave hold, where they roll around for days. Jessie and Ras escape the sinking ship and swim to land where they meet Daniel...
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