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The Glory Field Review

"The Glory Field" is the story of an African-American family and their tie to a piece of land on Curry Island in South Carolina.

Reminescent of the James Michener sagas that follow the same format, "The Glory Field" is not nearly as detailed or as rich as a Michener selection. However, Michener's primary audience was adults and Myers' intended audience is young adults, most of whom would not have the patience or the courage to pick up a 1,000+ page book.

Myers has broken this book up into a series of six stories, snapshots of the Lewis family throughout nearly 250 years of history. The quality of the stories goes up and down. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th stories are so-so. The first is vivid, strong and way too short. The last two are so strong that, in my mind, they saved the book. I was considering not including it in my classroom library because of the middle stories - they drug along and just didn't have any pizzaz - they were historically accurate - just with no zip.

So, final grade: B (and a place in my classroom library!)

The Glory Field Overview

"Those shackles didn't rob us of being black, son, they robbed us of being human."

This is the story of one family. A family whose history saw its first ancestor captured, shackled, and brought to this country from Africa. A family who can still see remnants of the shackles that held some of its members captive -- even today. It is a story of pride, determination, struggle, and love. And of the piece of the land that holds them together throughout it all.

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Customer Reviews

a great family book - -
This is the story of a family. Who saw its first ancestor captured, bound, and

brought to this country from Africa. Where they live one person can just walk past the

remaining shackles of their family members. Even today there are family members of

these former slaves walking around. But most of all it is a story of pride, passion and

hope.

I thought it was a good book. It focused on family sticking together no matter

what happens or what someone else tells you. The main characters really express their

true feelings of how it was back then. It almost gave me a mental picture of how bad

they were treated. It was a fun book overall, I read it with my mom and my little brother

we all had a good time.

Another great by Myers - -
Can you imagine yourself as thirteen year old in the Civil War? The Glory Field written by Walter Dean Myers is based on the black culture. This story is based on Muhammad Bilal who was captured in Sierra Leone. Muhammad was on a journey to America on a ship of slaves but he survived and then became the founder of a family who has a history with The Glory Field. In this story there is a young girl named Lizzy who works on the plantation, on Curry Island, South Carolina. The slaves escaped during the Civil War and lived off the fortunes of their family until around 1900. Later on in this book Luvenia and Tommy, both 16 teenaged cousins, come to Curry Island, New York for a family reunion. In my opinion I think that this book was written very well and I would recommend it to all fans of Walter Dean Myers or just to most people that need a nice book to read. Another book I would recommend to readers is the book Monster by Walter Dean Myers. Walter Dean Myers books have points in them that show how life once was for black people and how they were treated.

Glory Field - -
This wonderful book transports the reader through 250 years of history--from the slave trade in Africa to the modern day cosmopolitan city of New York. This is a story of perseverance and courage of the black people enslaved in America--and the repayment received for their undying determination for their freedom. A must-read for everyone.

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Monday, August 23, 2010