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Reviewed on January 1, 2006
Gr 1-5 A fellow courts a girl, and they agree to marry. Sadly, she and her family are such fools that the young man takes off: - -&you are the three biggest fools that I ever laid eyes on. I'm going traveling for a year, and if I find three fools as big as you, I'll come back and we'll get married. - Does he find them? Of course. This adaptation of the -fool - story from Hurston's "Every Tongue Got to Confess" (HarperCollins, 2001) is light and adept. Though Thomas doesn't describ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More