Ive not seen much fanfare for the humming room which is a shame, because its a quiet, beautifully written take on the secret garden. I thought the author would use the secret garden as inspiration to tell a new and interesting story. She grew up in upper west side, new york city and studied creative writing at binghamton university and now lives in candor in upstate new york. This modern retelling is just brilliant, and like sherlock clearly built on love of the original.
Giveaway details open to us and canadian residents 18 and older ends march 22, 2012 at 11. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the humming room. The band formed organically out of jam sessions that tam held in his living room in east nashvilleevidence that some of the best projects come from spontaneous collaboration and the subsequent seeing it through. We offer venue spaces, catering, wedding ceremonies, rehearsal dinners and packages, including weekend lodging for the bridal party and guests. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Oh friends, i love reading books that just fuel my love of the middle grade category. To learn how to have your own teatasting book club, click here. Twelveyearold roo fanshaw just wants to be left alone. The hummingbird room has options for both large and small events, utilizing elegant indoor spaces, our lush weepingwillow lined grounds, or lovely 1800s barn. Visitors will be surrounded by hundreds of butterflies representing more than 30 species including monarch, giant owl, queen, zebra longwing, buckeye, blue morpho, and painted ladies. See how these two works complement each other with this special ebook.
When her parents are murdered, its her special hiding place under the trailer that saves her life. Check out our unique reader levels to find the right books for your reader. Its important to have flowers and foliage in an assortment of sizes and shapes, she says. As part of the humming room blog tour, i have a copy to giveaway. Here she talks about room with the website irish central. The secret garden is extremely similar to the humming room and the subject in both books was good, although the constant broad yorkshire kind of threw me. One of my favorite passages in the book comes when, faced with the enormity of an unknown future, she chooses to focus her attention on mrs. As hard as her life has been, roos world is turned upside down when her parents are murdered. Having grown up in a broken home, she can only find peace by hiding. Lindsay gibson shares her winning formula for a colorful conversation starter gather. One part of the book focuses on giving up a baby for adoption and the impact this has on both sides of the.
In this weeks audio book club, slate editors emily bazelon and hanna rosin, and the new yorkers margaret talbot, discuss emma donoghues room, a. We host weddings, private events, celebrations,seasonal tasting menus open. Living in a frighteningly unstable family, she often needs to disappear at a moments notice. A novel inspired by the secret garden ebook written by ellen potter. In the humming room, potter has taken the metaphor of wild, neglected garden as wild, neglected child and updated it for a new audience like mary in the secret garden, roo finds herself living with people she does not know, in a house that has many secrets. The humming room was inspired by the secret garden, a classic that ellen potter has reread every year of her adult life. Learn more about the research for the tea girl of hummingbird lane here. I wanted to read the humming room on the strengths of its cover alone.
This book is basically a retelling of the secret garden with the names and details changed. This book club seems to have actually read the book. Learn about china, its people and geography and more. The humming room by ellen potter is a fantastic, modern retelling of the secret garden. It is the 1970s, and the tiny, selfsufficient allblack town of ruby, oklahoma, has reached a crisis of conviction. The humming room tells the story of roo, a young orphan who is sent away to her uncles strange mansion on an isolated island in the st. In her most recent book, the tea girl of hummingbird lane, lisa see weaves worlds apart from east and west in a story about a family torn apart and shaped by globalization in china. To see more about lisas travels and learn more about tea, click here. The tea girl of hummingbird lane by lisa see book club. Both in its bones and at its heart, this book is a true retelling of the secret garden. From the author of the acclaimed the curiosity comes a compelling and moving story of compassion, courage, and redemption. Sweet on books is the place to go for childrens book recommendations. Heres a video of author lisa see talking about her latest book the tea girl of hummingbird lane. The story is about change, and the struggle to move forward and accept modern ways.
Books and authors top teaching blog teachers tool kit student activities the teacher store book clubs book fairs scholastic education. Thats how she got to be so good at hiding in the first place. It is a great book club read with the discussion questions at the end. When her parents are murdered, its her special hiding place under the. Search for books in a variety of ways to get new book ideas. Humming house is justin wade tam, bobby chase, joshua wolak, and benjamin jones. If ever two books were made for practicing texttotext connections, this is it. Deborah birch is a seasoned hospice nurse whose daily work requires courage and compassion. Reading group discussion questions view printable version this guide is intended to enhance your group reading of toni morrisons paradise, the powerful and extraordinary new novel by the nobel prizewinning author of song of solomon and beloved. After my unforgettable experience at reading the forgotten garden, i went to the root and read. Pull together a variety of containers, both glass and metal, in different heights. Sometimes my bookreading decisions are very easy to make. The tea girl of hummingbird lane book club discussion.
Discuss the similarities and differences between the two books and the characters. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the humming room. Allow students to draw correlations between the two books and discuss what may have influenced the author after she read the secret garden to write the humming room. It is the kind of book that lingers, forcing you to think about the characters even after. Lawrence river, the story centers on roo, a prickly orphan who goes to live with her aloof. Set in a mansiona former childrens tuberculosis sanitariumon an island in the st. Ellen potter has given teachers a reason to revive their recommendations of the secret garden, a classic, wellloved book, and then at the same time to recommend the humming room, a new twist on that beloved novel. There is also a beautiful and strong mother daughter bond as well as threads of betrayal, greed and fighting internal demons. A newly discovered cousin screams and cries and rarely leaves his room.
Your eye might not even see it on the shelf which is quite unfortunate. I thought it could be a unique take on one of my favorite childrens books. A thrilling debut novel about how far well go to protect. The skill of the irish emma donoghues career isnt dependent solely on the luck o the irish. Delight as colorful butterflies flutter past and hummingbirds hover near in this magical garden paradise. Charlie joe jacksons guide to not reading charlie joe jackson series book 1. Subscribe to the oprahs book club newsletter sign up for the oprahs book club newsletter get more stories like this delivered to your inbox get updates on your favorite shows, the latest from oprahs world and more. Im always on the lookout for reasonably priced bud vases and vessels, says lindsay. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. In fact, other than the names and the setting, the humming room closely follows the beloved original.
This was my number one problem with the humming room, because really the secret garden is a classic for a reason. This would even make a great motherdaughter book club discussion. The humming room by ellen potter, leslie bellair, audiobook. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. Potter did a wonderful job of bringing this story to life. A novel inspired by the secret garden kindle edition by potter, ellen. There is also a mysterious, longneglected garden that calls to her. The humming room hiding is roo fanshaws special skill. The humming room is a modern day retelling of the childhood classic the secret garden, and i thought ms. The humming room is to the secret garden what the bbcs sherlock is to the works of arthur conan doyle. A week ago my dog urinated on my bookshelf and one of the. I was drawn to the idea of reimagining it because the book deals with certain issues that ive often written about beforemagic that is hidden in the everydayness of things, ghosts, secrets, and tough little girls. So why read the humming room, you say, instead of just rereading the secret garden.
The humming room by ellen potter is a very small book. The humming room, by ellen potter, 182 pp, rl 4 books4yourkids. As it turns out, roo, much to her surprise, has a wealthy if eccentric uncle, who has agreed to take her into his home on cough rock island. Get more inspiration like this delivered to your inbox. Ellen potter born 1960s is an american author of both childrens and adults books as ellen tobypotter. For anyone who has read frances hodgson burnetts the secret garden, ellen potters latest book will feel very familiar. Fiction twelveyearold roo fanshaw just wants to be left alone. My arc and goodreads description says that its inspired by the secret garden. Little wonder, then, that i leave my book clubs meetings feeling like ive been plugged into a power outlet, my mind humming with energy and ideasand my nowfuller heart just as abuzz. Book club questions for the tea girl of hummingbird lane. Most recently, the author tapped into memories of her own childhood reading to pen the humming room, a novel inspired by frances hodgson burnetts the secret garden. Our friendly moderators might be present in order to keep this room clean and peaceful at all times. More conversation starters on the tea girl of hummingbird lane by lisa see.