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Summary: ONE GREAT BOOK!!!!!!!
Review: I read this book when I was going into 4Th grade and loved it now i'm in 8TH grade and still love it. You can never forget this book, I won't.
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Summary: Back in Time
Review: I really enjoyed this book because it is like a fairy tale but a little more realistic. When Portia and Julian cross the swamp its almost like going back in time and the people they meet are from that other time. I would recommend it to people of all ages who enjoy fantasies about the characters.
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Summary: This Book Stunk!
Review: I thought that this book was way too happy. The title sounds mysterious, but the book is filled with no mystery and no problem. The summary of the book makes you think that it's just amazing, but it's horrible. It doesn't deserve a Newberry Honor.
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Summary: Simply wonderful, just wonderful!
Review: My dad gave me "Gone-Away Lake" a couple of years ago and told me I should read it. It didn't really look that good so I set it aside. A couple of weeks ago I was browsing my bookshelf and came upon it. I decided to read it. I just read it and it was one of the best books I've ever read. Elizabeth keeps you enthralled through out the whole book, she described everything perfectly! If anyone out there is reading this if you could tell me where to get the sequel to "Gone-Away Lake" please send ROCKETGIRL an e-mail Thanks!!!!!
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Summary: Excellent and timeless reading for children
Review: One day in grammar school it was raining & I took a little trip to the school library. I stumbled upon Gone Away Lake & its sequel & I have never forgotten these 2 books. The author Elizabeth Enright brings a child's imagination into a world/time that you could never imagine or experience, & did this through the child characters in those 2 stories. Do any readers remember "Tarquin" carved on the turtle in the stream"?!! A true children's classic these books are good & wholesome reading enjoyment for the young. I'm ordering a hard back copy to keep in my own library.
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Summary: book review for Gone Away Lake
Review: The story about the cousins who explore through the woods expecting all of the wildlife things, find out that there is a so called abandoned ghost town. They go there and find an old lady named Mrs. Cheever. She shows them the different things about the "town". This book is great for people of any age who like to read stories about different adventures! This book was pretty good!
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Summary: The swamp, the housewrecks and the old people that are stiil
Review: The swamp, the housewrecks and the people that are still thereliving out their lives, seldom if ever leaving what was once theresort that they lived in as children prior to 1900. Portia Blake and Julian Jarman discover a swamp behind Julian's house. As they walk through their new discovery they spot an abandoned colony of mansions. Upon a second look, they discover that this colony still has residents. Aunt Minnehaha and Uncle Pin, will become great friends to Julian and Portia as well as being the chief sponsors of the Philospher's Club, located in the attic of one of these houses. Great adventure and fabulous stories of a childhhood prior to the turn of the twentieth century. Kids love it!
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Summary: I loved this story and its sequel...
Review: These books made me wish I'd had this perfect summer adventure. Two children come across a group of old houses, mysteriously vacant and abandoned on the shore of a swampy lake. Somebody has been there -- there's a warning and an inscription carved into a rock. Can the children keep their find a secret? Who left the houses and where did they go? What's lurking in the lake?A terrific story -- the main characters are a boy and girl who are good friends, interesting people, and respectful of each other's strengths and weaknesses. It was one of my husband's favorite books and it has become one of mine after we read it aloud to our daughter. The sequel is just as good (Return to Gone-Away). If you enjoyed Enright's books about the Melendy children ("The Saturdays" "Four-Story Mistake", etc.) you'll love these.
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Summary: Wonderful Realistic Fiction
Review: This and 'All the Blue Moons at the Wallace Hotel' happen to be the best realistic fiction you can read, in my opinion. This book is about Portia (pronounced like porche) and her cousin Julian, who, when exploring, discover an abandoned summer getaway in the middle of a forlorn swamp in upstate NY (I think it's there). Their innumerable adventures in the mystical swamplands of Tarrigo-Gone-Away are unforgettable and very funny, entertaining, and SOOOO similar to our own lives today. The sequel, Return to Gone-Away, is also a fantastic adventure.
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Summary: Gone Away Lake
Review: This book took me inside. I could feel the adventure and the tension in my bones. This is an excellent book, I read it five times!
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