Ramon Julian Julian itibaren Abnow, Fars, İran
We had to read this book in 11th grade in our history class. I loved it. It is an historical fiction account of three generations of an Eastern European family working the steel mills of Pittsburgh. A great insight into the divide between the rich and the poor, the American and the immigrant, the capitalist and the worker. A complex portrayal Andrew Carnegie, one of the fathers of the American Industrial Revolution.
I had a hard time getting into this, and the first few transitions from one chapter (experience with the painting) to the next waere somewhat rough. But about halfway through I became captivated by the lives of these people that were captured so fully in short chapters.
** spoiler alert ** 3 1/2 stars. I'm not sure if the narration is entirely believable coming from a 5-year-old, but it's such a beautifully inventive voice that I didn't mind. The air really went out of the balloon for me once they escaped, though--I didn't find the second half nearly as compelling, although I liked the grandparents as characters. (Yes--I do feel guilty wishing that Jack and Ma had stayed in Room for longer!)
Give me The AristoCATS any day over Aristocrats.