Gentle's Holler by Kerry Madden

Living in a North Carolina holler with her parents and eight siblings, 12-year-old Livy Two is an aspiring songwriter and self-appointed guardian to her little sister Gentle, who is going blind. But when tragedy strikes, can Livy Two continue to stay strong for her family?

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dylanmgates said…
This is a great book. It took me 3 days.
January 30, 2009 at 8:52 AM
Anonymous said…
The way the characters talk is obnoxious. Drives me crazy.
January 30, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Anonymous said…
This is a good book! I like it a lot. The way they talk gets annoying and I really want to read the second book to it.
-Conner C.
February 12, 2009 at 5:55 PM
bailey101 said…
I agree with some of the others. The way they talk is annoying, but it's a great book!!! I'm going to read the second book right after BOB. I think the ending is Cheesy though.
March 6, 2009 at 9:07 AM
Anonymous said…
The book is a little boring. There doesnt seem to be much plot. The characters seem almost fake. They seem artificial.
March 6, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Cynthia said…
It was really good. I want to read the sequel. But the grammar is really bad.
March 12, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Pam Saenz said…
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April 17, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Pam Saenz said…
Gentle's Holler is an okay book. The way they talk drives me insane, and it seems to emphasise all the stereotypes about people that live in the "south". [spittin', banjo-playin', uneducated "folks"] And then the end just seemed like an easy way to stop writting the book. I liked the description though! :)
April 17, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Tracy Callard said…
This book was pretty good, and I will probably end up reading the two sequels. It is a little corny, as Bailey noted, and I agree with Pam that there are a LOT of stereotypes about Appalachian country bumpkin types.

One thing that really bothered me is that I don't like the fact that a VERY serious family problem never seems to be resolved... The book just ended.

Coolest doghouse ever, though :)
April 17, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Anonymous said…
This was my favorite BOB book!I liked it because there was always something happening.Like it never got boring because there was something intresting going on for almost every person.The author made it intresting by having so many catastrophes happen. Also, this is my only favorite book for two reasons. One, it was really intresting and two, almost all of the BOB books i read were really boring!!! So that's why i liked this book the best.


-Conner C.
May 22, 2009 at 8:24 AM
Anonymous said…
I like books like this one. Books where something bad happens then at the end everything turns good. Gentle's Holler is one of my favorite books. I wish it would have had a better ending. It went to fast at the end!

Bailey M.
May 22, 2009 at 8:27 AM
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