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Kaleidoscope Eyes
By Bryant, Jen
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37584-048-7
- Publisher
- Knopf Books for Young Readers
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2009
Gr 5-8 In this free-verse novel set during the Vietnam War era, 13-year-old Lyza Bradley lives with her professor father and hippie sister in Willowbank, NJ. Her mother deserted them two years earlier, a mystery that lingers in Lyza's thoughts. Cleaning out her recently deceased grandfather's house, the teen finds his legacy to heran envelope with clues to the location of Captain William Kidd's lost treasure. She enlists the help...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
Thirteen-year-old Lyza's grandfather dies, leaving behind clues to a treasure buried by Captain Kidd. In the midst of the Vietnam...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on August 1, 2009
In Kaleidoscope Eyes, author Jen Bryant takes a common childhood fantasy, the hope of finding buried treasure, and builds around it a novel in verse as enthralling as it is touching. Bryant’s narrator, Lyza, longs for news of her mother, who has walked out on the family. Then Lyza’s world is shattered by the death of her grandfather. Lyza had always shared his adventurous spirit, so it is not surprising when he passes his project on to Lyza rather than to her staid father or h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
