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She married herbert valen in 1941 and some of the experiences of their daughter, nanine elisabeth valen, would serve as the model for her first book, elisabeth, the bird watcher, which was. Desperate, driven, harassed to the breaking point, slake decides to go underground into the sheltering depths of the new york city subway where he ends up staying for one hundred and twentyone days. Teddy bears picnic by jimmy kennedy, alexandra day, paperback. This novel provides an interesting look at what its like to try to survive in an urban setting, a situation totally unfamiliar to most of my students. Felice holman was born october 24, 1919, in new york city. I felt like a lot was going on with both gideon and alex s lives but at the same time nothing was really accomplished in the romance department consider this alex is struggling with his dad suffering from dementia as well as the financial problem with having restricted time at his jobs he cannot ask for a lot of overtime. Slake s limbo by felicia holman centers on aremis slake, a yearold boy who is bullied and harassed by other kids. His only friend has just been killed in an accident when aremis slake is chased into the subways by a gang of kids. Slake s limbo characters felice holman this study guide consists of approximately 24 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of slake s limbo. Free ebook offer available to new us subscribers only. Walter dean myers on dope sick a drug deal goes south and a cop. Slakes limbo book by felice holman official publisher page. That cave becomes his home and refuge for 121 days. Slake s limbo by felice holman is a story about a boy named slake that has no family.

The novel has received several honors, including a lewis carroll shelf award best book for young adults citation, an ala notable. The slake s limbo teacher resource packet contains 3 pages of reproducible activities about the novel, slake s limbo by felice holman. Slake limbo uptown by felice holman paperback may 31, 1986. Holman tells the story of aremis slake, an undersized, persecuted year old new york city boy. An ala best ooks for young adults an ala notable children s nove an ala best of the best boo for young adults the horn book fanfare list. Nov 17, 2009 listen to slakes limbo audiobook by felice holman. In the early days of youth culture, it was obvious that it. Aremis slake, at the age of thirteen, took his fear and misfortune and hid them underground. Rereading it recently, i realized that the book has lost none of its impact. The english club resources have been developed by dr robert mcgregor to support australian teachers of english. An ala best books for young adultsan ala notable childrens bookan. Slakes limbo, by felice holman, was one of the young adult books that made the biggest impression on me when i fell into that age group. Set in new york city, it chronicles the journey of aremis slake, a young boy who flees from his school bullies in the suburbs and makes a living in the subway tunnels for a total of 121 days.

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