December Stillness

The book is great and came in very good shape.

Such a touching book. Great read.

The book December Stillness is a wonderful book! I had to read this for school and I read it in three days total. I loved it soo much. It is inspiring. Its about a girl named Kelly McAllister, who has a lot of questions about pretty much everything. She has to do a Social Studies project on something that is a current issue in the world and first ends up writing about how God doesn't exist and then her teacher makes her write about something that she can prove and something that is more realistic. So she ends up writing about homeless people and there's a homeless person who goes to the local library and she tries to interview him but he refuses to speak to her. You have to read more about the book because its a great book.

I thought this book was a wonderful story of a girl-Kelly-who, through some investigating of a vietnam vetran, found that there are reasons that people are having trouble groing on with their lives after the war. It had a good plot to it, and, though predictable in a way, kept you interested in what would happend. Also, it was a very emotional book, because when Kelley finally begins to understand why Mr. Weems-the vietnam vetran of their town- is the way he is, she begins to understand her dad and find why he is the way he is. She did not know how effecting the war was on men who went. I thought it was a wonderful book, and though i've read it i would read it again any time.

December Stillness is a great, easy-to-read, story of a girl who wants to get to know a veteran for a school paper. The book is great!!! You can get inside of Kelly's head and feel what she feels. When with her frieds I could totally understand what was going on in her mind.Bottom Line: Great book, must read!

I really enjoy reading Mary Downing Hahn's books. This book gives a good introduction for teen readers to understand just a little bit from different points of view from war veterans. But I'll admit the book did move a little slower than her other books. But other than that, it was another good read with a surprising ending and touching chapters that made you keep reading.

I had to read this book for a school assignment. The assignments were fantastic helping me get into something deeply and understand something far better than I ever had. But the book choice was not very good. If you're reading this, then you probably know what the story is about, girl needs to write paper on homeless and befriends Hobo. There's ONE surprise that I could totally see a mile away. Shallow and predictable, poor word choice and unrealistic characters. I found this book to be one of my least favorites. Except for every book i ever had to read by Betsy Byars. But besides these two authors, I love reading. I love reading meaningful haert wrenching books that ACTUALLY touck me, like "Flowers for Algernon" or "Walk Two Moons". This book was mediocre at best. I give it three stars because I feel that there is something to be said about how everything ties in a little bit at the end and Kelly is friends with her father. But I'm going to stick with "Lord of the Flies" and "Holes" Thank you very much.

I think December Stillness was way too sad and horrible. It also did not teach me a lesson, give me many emotions, or surprise me. None of the above- if it did do those things to me it would have been a great book. There was no point of it and i would never want to read another book like it! There was hardly a theme to it either.