The Cuckoo Child

by Suzanne Freeman

Book Overview

Mia Veery wants her family to behave like the families she reads about. They would never include a mother who flies airplanes and trades one husband for another. Or older sisters who dress all in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786812435
• ISBN13: 9780786812431
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Not just for kids

This is one of those books that has a child for a narrator but speaks to all ages, especially those of us who remember the feel and details of life in 1962. It has the unchildlike true voice found in To Kill a Mockingbird or Member of the Wedding. Most of all it captures, with humor and quiet drama, one's growing inner life and the struggle to guide that life by the signposts of the outer world. Look for the passages on eating cookies, touching the clock dial -- you'll see what I mean. It's a treasure.

It blew me away

This book is amazing! Mia's dream was to return to her homeland,America,but her wish wassn't granted the way she expected. When her bohemian parents got lost at sea,she and her eccentric older half-sisters were sent to their aunt in Tennessee. Orphaned and unable to fit in with other kids,Mia was as unhappy there as she had been in Beirut. She felt alienated in both countries and didn't appreciate her parents until they got taken from her. Then,she slowly reverted to compulsive behavior. I knew how she felt in her isolation,wondering if she would ever catch up to her new friends in matters such as love. I became totally immersed in the story. For anyone who's ever doubted whether they belong,I reccomend this book. Please,Mrs. Freeman,write a sequel! We want to know if Mia's parents ever come back.

It was a wonderful book, and I really enjoyed it!

I think it was one of the best books I have read all year. The author used so much feeling and emotions in her writing. The bad part in the book was that it took place in the sixties, and she didn't mention any events that happened in the sixties, except a little bit about Caroline Kennedy. In other words it was a very go book and I highly recommend it!!!!!!!!!

This book has a good begining hook and keeps it there.

This book has a good story line and it shares the feelings of all the characters quite well. The ending leaves you saying "WOW that was a great ending!!"

one of the best!!!

I loved the characters in this book, especially Mia and her friend Sinclair. I don't think it's just a children's book -- it seems as if it would be for everybody. I hope Suzanne Freeman writes more about these characters because I want to know what happens to them later.