Moondial is a Helen Cresswell’s book. She was born in 1934 in Nottingham (central England) and she started to write stories when she was 7 years old. She studied at London University, and was a teacher before of she was a children’s books writer. She writes two kinds of stories: one of them about magical words, like: Where the Wind blows; another is about funny stress about real life, like: Jumbo Spencer. Her first book was The Piemakers, she combined both types. She continued writing books in the 60s and the beginning 70s. Then in 1973 she wrote the vey popular Lizzie ripping stories. Since them, she has adapted and written some more stories for the television, like: Lizzie Dipping, The Bagthorpe Saga, The secret world of Ply Flint and Moondial. In Moondial (1987) she returns to write for the world magic, with witches and evils. The idea of the story came from the Belton House, a National trust house and garden in Lincolnshire, It can be visited by the public.
In the book, the garden is described as it is in the real life, with its paths and trees, and the sundial statue of Chronos and Eros. In 1988, this book was adapted in the television. In Moondial, Helen Cresswell tells the story of Minty. She went to the village Belton for the summer holidays with her aunt Mary, because Kate, her mother, works in the hospital. Minty is a witch, and when she says the word Moondial, she can travel in the past time. There, Minty must release Sarah with the Tom’s help. And she will meet Miss Raven, a writer of ghost books, who hides a mysterious secret.
My opinion: this book likes me from the story. The story is very interesting. Helen Cresswell describes the stands and the story very well and it likes me too. In the book thee are pictures is describing the scenes with sentences important for the story. Also, the word Moondial caught my attention. In the beginning, I don’t know what is the relation with the novel, but after appear an interesting paragraph:
<< ‘A sundial’ she sad softly, and then, without knowing why – ‘Moondial’ As she spoke the word, a cold wind went past her, and her ears were filled with thousand frightened voices. She shut her eyes and put her hands over her ears - and the voices and the wind went away. Minty opened he eyes… and knew she was in a different morning, not the one that she had woken up to. >>.
In the book, the garden is described as it is in the real life, with its paths and trees, and the sundial statue of Chronos and Eros. In 1988, this book was adapted in the television. In Moondial, Helen Cresswell tells the story of Minty. She went to the village Belton for the summer holidays with her aunt Mary, because Kate, her mother, works in the hospital. Minty is a witch, and when she says the word Moondial, she can travel in the past time. There, Minty must release Sarah with the Tom’s help. And she will meet Miss Raven, a writer of ghost books, who hides a mysterious secret.
My opinion: this book likes me from the story. The story is very interesting. Helen Cresswell describes the stands and the story very well and it likes me too. In the book thee are pictures is describing the scenes with sentences important for the story. Also, the word Moondial caught my attention. In the beginning, I don’t know what is the relation with the novel, but after appear an interesting paragraph:
<< ‘A sundial’ she sad softly, and then, without knowing why – ‘Moondial’ As she spoke the word, a cold wind went past her, and her ears were filled with thousand frightened voices. She shut her eyes and put her hands over her ears - and the voices and the wind went away. Minty opened he eyes… and knew she was in a different morning, not the one that she had woken up to. >>.
I think is a magic word. But, I don’t know, and in the novel doesn’t appear, if Minty always knows this word or she says this word because she is in the appropriated stand.
There are paragraphs that caught my attention, as:
<< ‘Minty’ told him. ‘It’s short for Araminta.’ ‘An unusual name for an unusual person.’ He said. ‘Am I right? You’ve come to meet the children, haven’t you? ‘Are the children living in the House? She said, surprised. ‘I didn’t say anything about living.’ He spoke quietly and watches her carefully. ‘Yu mean… ghosts?’ she said. ‘I didn’t say that. But when I saw you, I thought, “That’s the one to let those children free!” I hear their voices in the wind. They’re asking me to help them, but I can’t do anything. But now you’ve come. ’‘Yes, I’ve come’.She did not really understand what the old man was saying, but she knew for sure that something strange, and perhaps dangerous, was waiting for her. >>.
This conversation is very important for the story, because it explains what happened, what happen and what will happen. But I didn’t understand, because the old man knows what happen and how he knows that Minty can speak with the past ghosts.
Also, there is another sentences that caught my attention:<>.
I don’t understand what mean this phase.
Also there is word that I don’t understand and there is another that remembers me what it means. I didn’t know:-
-She had woken at night to see shadowy.
-Her eyes looked wild and shocked.
-See if world is there, at the lodge.
-gave the door a push.
-There were paths.
- I want to be a footman.
-He was standing with his back against into him.
-Minty saw the dark purple birthmark.
-Sarah looked round wildly.
-She could reach Tom and sarah.
-Were Kate lay.-
Minty! Minty’ came a whisper
This is a part of the words, but those, I didn’t know.
I like his book very much.
credits: Moondial’s book.
There are paragraphs that caught my attention, as:
<< ‘Minty’ told him. ‘It’s short for Araminta.’ ‘An unusual name for an unusual person.’ He said. ‘Am I right? You’ve come to meet the children, haven’t you? ‘Are the children living in the House? She said, surprised. ‘I didn’t say anything about living.’ He spoke quietly and watches her carefully. ‘Yu mean… ghosts?’ she said. ‘I didn’t say that. But when I saw you, I thought, “That’s the one to let those children free!” I hear their voices in the wind. They’re asking me to help them, but I can’t do anything. But now you’ve come. ’‘Yes, I’ve come’.She did not really understand what the old man was saying, but she knew for sure that something strange, and perhaps dangerous, was waiting for her. >>.
This conversation is very important for the story, because it explains what happened, what happen and what will happen. But I didn’t understand, because the old man knows what happen and how he knows that Minty can speak with the past ghosts.
Also, there is another sentences that caught my attention:<
I don’t understand what mean this phase.
Also there is word that I don’t understand and there is another that remembers me what it means. I didn’t know:-
-She had woken at night to see shadowy.
-Her eyes looked wild and shocked.
-See if world is there, at the lodge.
-gave the door a push.
-There were paths.
- I want to be a footman.
-He was standing with his back against into him.
-Minty saw the dark purple birthmark.
-Sarah looked round wildly.
-She could reach Tom and sarah.
-Were Kate lay.-
Minty! Minty’ came a whisper
This is a part of the words, but those, I didn’t know.
I like his book very much.
credits: Moondial’s book.
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