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Article: A discussion of Peter Dickinson's 'Eva.'
- Article from:
- The Horn Book Magazine
- Article date:
- May 1, 1994
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1994 Horn Book, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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The moment I finished Eva (Delacorte) by Peter Dickinson, I was convinced that it was a uniquely thought-provoking book, and that I would like my bookish friends to read it. It has no age limits, this story of a zoologist, many years from now, who transfers his daughter's brain (her body has been ruined in a car crash) into the body of a young female chimpanzee.
I phoned a friend of mine, an elementary school teacher in Boulder, Colorado, to tell her of Eva, and said that I would be greatly interested to know her response to it. Not only did she read it, but she recommended it to her fifth- and sixth-grade students. Upon learning that I was coming to the school ...
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