The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
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- Age Range: 9 to 12
- Pub. Date: September 1997
- 256pp
- Sales Rank: 4,516
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- ISBN-13: 9780395137192
- ISBN: 0395137195
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In this Newbery Medal-winning novel, Daniel bar Jamin is fired by only one passion: to avenge his father's death by crucifixion by driving the Roman legions from his land of Israel. He joins an outlaw band and leads a dangerous life of spying, plotting, and impatiently waiting to seek revenge. Headstrong Daniel is devoid of tenderness and forgiveness, heading down a destructive path toward disaster until he hears the lessons taught by Jesus of Nazareth. With a brand new cover, young readers won't be able to pass up this timeless tale.
"A dramatic, deeply felt narrative whose characters and message will long be remembered."
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"I was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, on November 21, 1908. I have lived all my life in New England, and though I love to travel I can't imagine ever calling any other place on earth home. Since I can't remember a time when I didn't intend to write, it is hard to explain why I took so long getting around to it in earnest. But the years seemed to go by very quickly. In 1936 I married Alden Speare and came to Connecticut. Not till both children were in junior high did I find time at last to sit down quietly with a pencil and paper. I turned naturally to the things which had filled my days and thoughts and began to write magazine articles about family living. Then one day I stumbled on a true story from New England history with a character who seemed to me an ideal heroine. Though I had my first historical novel almost by accident it soon proved to be an absorbing hobby."
Elizabeth George Speare (1908-1994) won the 1959 Newbery Medal for THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND, and the 1962 Newbery Medal for THE BRONZE BOW. She also received a Newbery Honor Award in 1983, and in 1989 she was presented with the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for her substantial and enduring contribution to children’s literature.
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April 28, 2008: The Bronze Bow Elizabeth George Speare Houghton Mifflin Publishing Company Historical Fiction Many of us would give anything just to have been with Jesus Christ during his travels throughout the lands of Judea and Galilee. Well, Daniel bar Jamin got that chance. In the novel The Bronze Bow, by the great author Elizabeth George Speare, you will experience first hand the life of your average Galilean as seen through the eyes of eighteen-year-old Daniel bar Jamin. As a young boy, Daniel's father was crucified by Roman legionaries. Now, ten years older, wiser, and fiercer, Daniel wants nothing more than to drive the Romans from the land of Israel forever. In the ten years since his father's death, Daniel has been sold into slavery with a blacksmith named Amalek, run away from Amalek because he was abused, and has now proceeded to live on a mountain overshadowing his village, living in caves with a band of outlaws led by a man named Rosh. However, Daniel is called back to his village in the wake of his grandmother?s death. He can not continue to live with the bandits in the mountains because his sister lived with his grandmother and the sister now needs needs a caretaker. The morning after his grandmother's death, Daniel's friend Simon asks him to come with him and hear a man by the name of Jesus of Nazareth speak. Daniel is at first struck by this Jesus' words, but then Daniel does not understand them. This great novel then picks up its pace as Daniel attempts to find Jesus' meaning. This book documents the struggles of first century Israel, while at the same time spreading a wonderful final message at the end that all people, Christian or not, must recognize if they do not wish their lives to have been all in vain. In the book The Bronze Bow, by Elizabeth George Speare, there are many different characters, each with their own distinct traits and impacts on the outcome of the story. First off, there is Daniel bar Jamin, he is the main character, but the strange thing about him is he is the story's protagonist and antagonist. He is always fighting himself like he does not know his own identity. At age eighteen, he is strong, sturdy, and cunning, these were very good features for Speare to give him as a main character. As the story states ?He was a tall boy, with little trace of youth in his lean, hard body. At eighteen Daniel bar Jamin was unmistakably a Galilean, with the bold features of his countrymen, the sun-browned skin, and the brilliant dark eyes that could light fierce with patriotism and blacken with swift anger.? Daniel behaves quite strangely in the eyes of his fellow Jews, he is always scowling, he remembers some of the Jewish laws such of that of washing ones hands before a meal, or that of which that states that you must not do any work on the Sabbath. He acts violent at points but is quick to repent his actions. Overall, I believe Daniel to be an okay guy despite his controversial behavior. Another main character is Jesus Christ, he is the man all Christians believe to be the son of god. Speare describes him as ?...slight, with knotted arms and the shoulders of one who has done hard labor from childhood. He was not regal or commanding.? Jesus is very kind and extraordinarily persuasive, for he can make people with great lives, and everything in the world to look forward to, drop everything, give up all of their possessions, their homes, and their families just to follow him...
It was AWSOME!!!by Anonymous
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February 28, 2008: i loved this book. i LOVED this book! i would reccomend this book to EVERYONE IN THE WORLD!
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