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The Giant's House
The Giant's House
Author: Elizabeth McCracken
The year is 1950, and in a small town on Cape Cod twenty-six-year-old librarian Peggy Cort feels like love and life have stood her up. Until the day James Carlson Sweatt -- the "over-tall" eleven year-old boy who's talk of the town -- walks into her library and changes her life forever. Two misfits whose lonely paths cross at the c...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780380730209
ISBN-10: 0380730200
Publication Date: 7/1997
Pages: 290
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 129 ratings
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 10
I LOVED this book. It was sweet and a bit sad, but written intelligently and a very unique story. I highly recommend it.
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Helpful Score: 8
This was my first swap received in the mail with PaperBackSwap, and now one of my most favorite books. The author is talented and gifted with great style, descriptions and wit. National Book Award Finalist.
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Helpful Score: 5
This book was touching and sweet. I bit slow in places but only because I wanted to see more.
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Helpful Score: 3
This is a good book and worthwhile to read. A librarian who has never been in love falls in love with an 11 year old very tall boy who grows into a giant. He accepts her as a friend. She becomes his best friend and he comes to love her also. The giant only lives to be 20 years old, but in those years they become very close. Their romance is bittersweet and very touching. In the very end there is a surprise for the reader.
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Helpful Score: 3
I enjoyed reading this book. It is very humorous with minimal sappy romance. Everything up until the end was very enjoyable, but the ending puts me into a rather neutral category, though I can see others really falling for it and its creativity.
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Great Story! Enchanting and unique!!
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Loved it!
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Fascinating characters, wonderful book.
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Interesting enough to keep me moving right along--not sure I agreed with the premise though.


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