Gentlehands

by M.E. Kerr

Book Overview

A teenage boy falls in love with an upper-class girl and gets to know his estranged grandfather in one heartbreaking summer which climaxes in a shattering search for Nazi war criminals.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060231769
• ISBN13: 9780060231767
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Age Range: 12 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

THE BESTEST!

This book, Gentlehands is by far the best book i've read. The author, M.E. Kerr keeps you guessing whats next in the capter, and yet u can't seem to put the book down. I will always anxoius to see whats next. This remarkembly good book is about a boy named Buddy Boyle who love this girl Skye Pennington. He takes her to see his grandfather who he hadn't seen since he was little. And he grows up to really like him. And...well you'll have to read it! I'd recommend it!

Gentlehands

I think this is a very well written book for teens AND ADULTS! I think it moves along well and has very thought provoking topics.Perhaps it should be rated at a Young Adult level because of the topics and the main character's age. I think older teens would appreciate the issues Buddy has to deal with in regards to his little brother, his parents, his boss, and his rich girlfriend. I think his interaction with his parents fairly typical for a son testing new waters, ones in which his folks have never journeyed.This book really made me think about the humanity of the grandfather and his relationship to his grandson. It made me think how a single person can appear as a beast to some and yet be a source of love to another. I read this book a month ago and I'm still struggling with my feelings on that issue.To me, this is the sign of a very good book - when you are still pondering it's messages long after you have closed it's pages!

A moving story of a Boy with a tough life.

This book is truly good. It got me really sad for Grandfather to have to leave Buddy, just when Buddy was getting to really like him. I read this for a book report and didn't think it was going to be interesting, but I was wrong. This is one book I won't forget.

Awesome!

I cannot even begin to say how much this wonderful novel has affected my life. I first read it in junior high school ( I have just graduated college), and have re-read it about four times! The story, dialouge, and characters completely draw you in, and Kerr is able to comment on some incredibly fundimental issues while still keeping the reader's attention. In fact, although Gentlehands is a young adult novel, it is better off read by someone at the college level, so that all of the subtleties can be understood. One of the few books every American should read.

This book is amazing!

Like all of M.E. Kerr's books, this one is once again remarkable. I just loved it. The way this author captures your attention. She also writed it from the boy's opnion so that it is even more interesting to read. She is also great at putting so many stories into her novels. WOW!