Sentences with phrase «story of a child captive»

Doris makes the point that even at the time, the story of child captives was a hidden one.

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Everyone has personal favorites, and I would like to close with a few of the books I have enjoyed with my children: Noel Streatfield's books about families with dancing children, including Ballet Shoes and Dancing Shoes; Cotton in My Sack and Indian Captive, books of historical fiction by Lois Lenski; the hilarious picture book Seven Silly Eaters by Mary Ann Hoberman; the gentle moral tale of Rose, «who didn't work any harder than she had to»; Seven Loaves of Bread, by Ferida Wolf; and the accurate depictions of family life in both Joanna Harrison's When Mom Turned into a Monster and Jean van Leeuwen's delightful Oliver and Amanda Pig stories.

I didn't care for the more critically acclaimed Prisoners, which features a similar story of children being abducted, so you can probably guess what I might feel about The Captive, considering it is considerably worse in pretty much every major detail.

The details: The ever - eclectic Irish director Lenny Abrahamson follows up his quirky, heartbreaking alt - rock musical Frank with an adaptation of Emma Donoghue's Booker Prize - shortlisted novel Room, a sensitive suspense story about a child who's been held captive with his mother for his entire life.