Journey

By Patricia MacLachlan

Book Overview

Journey is eleven the summer his mother leaves him and his sister, Cat, with their grandparents. He is sad and angry, and spends the summer looking for the clues that will explain why she left. Journey searches photographs for answers. He hunts family resemblances in Grandma's albums. Looking for happier times, he tries to put together the torn pieces of the pictures his mother shredded before her departure. And he also searches the photographs his grandfather takes as the older man attempts to provide Journey with a past. In the process, the boy learns to look and finds that, for him, the camera is a means of finding things his naked eye has missed--things like inevitability of his mother's departure and the love that still binds his family.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440408091
• ISBN13: 9780440408093
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Subtle Beauty

I have enjoyed Patricia Maclachlan's books for quite some time. That being said, Journey is my new favorite. This gem of a little book not only draws the reader into the story with an effortless walk down a country road, but it does so masterfully. The imagery and dialogue are outstanding, however it's the heartwrenching story of Journey that leaves an impression. I will certainly be using this book as a cornerstone of my memoir unit. A masterpiece to be enjoyed.

Thrilling !!

Journey comes from a disfunctional family.His mum left him and his older sister,Cat with his grandparents.His father left when he was not even born.Journey misses his mum and longs for her to come back.I feel pity for him as his parents dumped him when he was a boy.When I read this book,I was so angry with his mother that I could have beaten her up in real life.His grandfather takes many photos of them and the surroundings.So,when they are grownup,they can have something to remind themselves about the past.Journey's mum tore up all their photos of the past.What an irresponsible mum! I wish I could pound her to pieces like what she did to the photos.I must consider myself the most luckiest girl in the whole world.

JOURNEY

This book is a book of lots of opinions, because when myteacher read this book for the class, I had lots of opinions about it,Journey was a very social person. He never listened to what other people told him about his mother. But through out the book he really changed from social to general.

A very good book to read.

This is a good book to read even if you are in the third grade. It's a little hard to understand at first, but once you get into it,you'll really love the whole book.

I found this book very touching.

In one sentence this book is about a boy who finds himself through pictures and the lens of a camers. This was a great book. It really tells what life is all about, the helps and hurts and stumbles of the future. If you enjoy this book may I recomend reading the follow-up, Skylark. Email me and tell me what your favorite part was.