farms

• Mudge Boy, The directed by Michael Burke (2003)

  [6/10]

  "Writer and director Michael Burke does an excellent job at creating a portrait of Duncan Mudge, but he doesn't really take the story to a satisfying conclusion."

• Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (1985)

  [10/10]

  "Sara, Plain and Tall has a compact efficiency that creates a deceptive simplicity. As Nathaniel Hawthorne has said, 'Easy reading is damned hard writing,' and clearly MacLachlan worked hard to perfect her text."

  Average score: 8.00