The Author
Nancy Farmer’s The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm is a thriller set in Zimbabwe in 2194. A high-powered government official’s over-protected children go on an adventure and end up deeper than they thought. When they disappear, their parents hire a misfit detective agency that always seems to be about half a step behind the kids. This is an interesting look at a potential future where plastic is a highly-prized commodity, but old spirits still do battle. It’s a very exciting book, but at some points, I started to get tired of all the scrapes the kids got into. However, the end was worth every minute.
The readers of this book might skew a bit young, but this book definitely tackles issues that are interesting to older readers. I especially love the juxtaposition of futuristic worries with spirit myths of the past.
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St. Charles (IL) public library says if you like this book, you’ll love the books on their list.
hi, the book was okay, but it’s not as good when you get asigned to read it.
this book is nigga-tastic.
thi book gooooooooooooooooooooooooo
i agree
This book is fascinating and portrays an excellent futuristic theme in a culture unknown to most of the world. I enjoyed this book, but also have to do a project on it…
And @jamal trice-That is SO racist!
this book is really good my librarian said I would like it and I just started reading it one day cause there was nothing else to read and I just got hooked
LI live this book
We had to read this book 4 school and ‘cmon really. . . .2194..? :-/ HAHAHAHAHA it was ‘ight (alright).
love yo girl dezy
o and we hhad to right this essay on it and my friend ian said that nancy farmer was brain dead when she wrote this….o lol and another said she was on sumthen… hahahaha :p
~dezy
i dont like the book because we have to reAD AND
horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think we can all agree that any book is going to seem worse if we are forced to read it- but the book itself was pretty good. More interesting to me than the clear theme of family devotion and the power children have, is the less obvious theme of overcoming disability and utilizing your weaknesses displayed in the detectives.