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Title	:	The Exiles (The Exiles #1)
Author	:	Hilary McKay
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 191 pages
Published	:	2001 by Hodder Children's Books (first published October 1st 1992)
Categories	:	Childrens. Fiction. Middle Grade. Young Adult. Contemporary. Humor

The Exiles (The Exiles #1) Paperback | Pages: 191 pages

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by Hilary McKay

Opening lines--"It was the last weekend before the summer holidays. Naomi Conroy crouched uncomfortably at the end of the garden reading a book."

This is one of those books where I finished and immediately thought, "WHY, oh WHY have I never read this before?" As I mentioned recently, I tend to love books about families, so that was in its favor from the beginning. Also, I fell in love with Cumbria when I was there a year ago, so although Big Grandma's house is in a different part of the region, that also helped.

Really, when it comes down to it, this is just a fun, sweet story. I would have loved it when I was, say, twelve, but my 22-year-old self enjoyed it just as much. Back then, I would have been almost entirely caught up in the girls' story, but now I read it with a lot more sympathy for and understanding of Big Grandma. Although McKay makes the fact that she has ulterior motives fairly obvious from the beginning, I think that the ten years between then-me and now-me allowed me to understand why Big Grandma acts as she does.

The four sisters (Ruth, Naomi, Rachel and Phoebe) are still delightful, though. I sympathize entirely with their voracious appetite for books. It's literally a laugh out loud book--I can't quite remember where I laughed especially hard, but these girls do manage to get themselves into situations. And they usually drag their friend Graham into them too.

For those who might be concerned about such things, there is a bit of language in this one (I don't think there is in the sequel, but I can't quite remember). I read past it personally.

Book source: public library
Book information: Macmillan, 1992

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HOW did I never read these books before this year? They’re hilariously funny, especially the first two, and I love the characters, especially Big Grandma. [2010 in books]

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Original Title:	The Exiles
ISBN:	0340726911 (ISBN13: 9780340726914)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Exiles #1
Literary Awards:	Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (1992)

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I like the author's intent for this book--to have the four sisters develop into less selfish, book-dependent girls. And I enjoyed the journey quite a bit. The girls and their adventures are funny. But by the end I just don't see the growth. They don't seem much more helpful and less bratty, at least not enough for the story to really have an impact. Their attitudes about books also don't seem to have changed, and I also don't see a strong connection with Big Grandma at the end. i do want to

I think the moral of this book is: Don't hide books from bookworms in the attempt to "cure" them of reading... because consequently something catastrophic will happen!!I really enjoyed this funny, little book! It reminded me of "The Magic Summer" by Noel Streafeild.

Ruth, Naomi, Rachel and Phoebe are sisters, aged between 13 and 6. Their lives seem rather dull to them, as they never seem to go anywhere, but they do read a vast number of books.. and appear to get into various scrapes at school and elsewhere. Then their parents decide to do some house renovations, and the girls are packed off to stay with their rather fearsome grandmother. 'Big Grandma' turns out to be less of a slave driver than expected, but she does expect the girls to do some chores, to

This was McKay's first book, and is possibly somewhat autobiographical (McKay was one of four sisters). It has some first book flaws. Would anyone as sensible and deep down kind as Big Grandma really have tried to institute such a harsh reform as she does here? And oh that ending, it gives one an aversion to rereading. But if you can manage to put your knowledge of what's coming into a separate compartment of your brain, it's still immensely enjoyable. As always with McKay, the characterizations

Ohhh this book made me so happy. At the end, I let out a sigh of pure pleasure - that patented good-book sigh we all want to rush out of us at the end of a really wonderful story! - and along the way, I laughed out loud so many times (and also came close to crying at one point).This is a new and updated edition of The Exiles, and I hadn't read the original, so I can't speak to any differences. But this book is an absolute masterclass in creating living, breathing, and wonderful complicated

I loved this story. I have three sisters so it was really fun. It was interesting to discover that this was the first book that Hilary McKay ever wrote. I will also be reading the next two books in this series.

A fun, understated book with excellent characters. Captures the childhood feeling of everything being possible except when frustrated by grown ups!