Friday, March 18, 2011
Book Review ~ Taconic & Claude: Double Trouble by M.E. Finke
Title: Taconi & Claude: Double Trouble
Author: M. E. Finke
Soft cover: 104 pages
Publisher: Guardian Angel Publishing, Inc. / January 2011
Print ISBN: 978-1-61633-130-6
e-Book ISBN: 978-1-61633-131-3
Price: $8.95
The fear of the unknown sends Taconi’s mind into the darkest corners of his imagination. Will his ever changing life continue to spiral out of control? Finding his one true place while saddling the life as an aboriginal in the Australian outback and then as a Jackaroo in the white man’s world is a constant struggle. With the anticipation of his man ceremony, Taconi fights his inner thoughts to be worthy of his aboriginal customs; all the while, striving to understand his father’s need to become the head cook on the Coorparoo Cattle Station.
The fight for balance becomes quite confusing for young Taconi in his determination not to forget his heritage and accepting the need to live in the white man’s world. Along the way he finds comfort and direction in an unlikely companion, the outspoken Claude the cockatoo. This unlikely and heartwarming friendship is wise beyond their years and will have the reader cheering for Taconi’s one true quest, acceptance. Will Taconi be able to weave customs from both worlds into a comfortable fit?
Author, M.E. Finke expertly brings forth her expertise of the Australian outback in this fast paced fictional story transporting the reader with the perfect blend of description and dialogue. For a deeper understanding of the Australian, author M.E. Finke provides a glossary of Australian terms, which will surely bring out the love of reading to the most reluctant reader.
Taconi & Claude: Double Trouble available at:
http://www.guardianangelpublishing.com/double-trouble.htm
http://www.amazon.com/Taconi-Claude-Trouble-M-Finke/dp/1616331305
Visit M.E. Finke at: http://www.margotfinke.com and http://perfectmagiccarpet.blogspot.com/
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Best wishes,
Donna M. McDine
Award-winning Children's Author
The Golden Pathway ~ August 2010 ~ Guardian Angel Publishing, Inc.
http://guardianangelpublishing.com/pathway.htm
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Thanks for the great review, Donna! I've just purchased this book and am looking forward to reading it and passing it to my kids.
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Thanks Donna for spreading the word about Taconi and Claude.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks Karin for buying my book. Do let me know if you enjoy it - mfike@frontier.com
Writing it was a labor of love.
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Great review for a great book. I'm reading it now.
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Taconi and Claude sounds like a great read! Wonderful review Donna!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the great review. I listened to Margot read and excerpt from the book on Book Bites for Kids and it sounds like quite a book!
ReplyDeleteMayra, Sharon and Jessica, thanks a whole bunch for your super comments.
ReplyDeleteYou all did me proud.
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Nice interview, Donna---and thanks, Margot, for sharing your background and some tidbits of how you are living the writer's life. Don't you have to wonder how anyone could not want to be a writer? I hope we'll be hearing a lot more about Taconi and Claude down the road.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bill, your comments are much appreciated.
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