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Le
Guin, Ursula.
JANE ON HER OWN : A CATWINGS
TALE
New York : Orchard Books,
1999.
IL 3-6, RL 4.8
ISBN 0531301338
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Imagine
for a moment that you had wings. Big, beautiful wings that could fly you
as far and a fast as you wanted. Where would you go and what would you
do? These are precisely the questions Jane asked herself one day. You see
Jane is a cat that was born with wings. Her mother didn't have them and
her brother doesn't have them but Jane does. She believes they should be
used to help her discover the world. Instead, Jane grows up safe and secure
on the farm. Every day is always the same and she is very bored. One day,
Jane decides to leave her dull life behind so she says goodbye to her family
and heads for the city. It is not long before Jane learns that life there
is not what she expected. She is no longer free to roam, but is trapped
in a world that treats her like a freak. Her days are spent performing
tricks and working in commercials. She can longer feel the wind or smell
the city. Jane is trapped in an apartment and although the man treats her
well, she is still unhappy. Will Jane ever be free again? How will Jane
escape and regain her life of adventure? To find out, read Jane on Her
Own by Ursula Le Guin. (Zina L. Watkins, zlwatkins3@yahoo.com,
USC School of Library and Information Science) |
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SUBJECTS:
Cats -- Fiction. |
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