The Giant's House - Elizabeth McCracken

There are not many giants featured in the general fiction section of the library. They tend to be confined either to the children’s section or perhaps fantasy. They are usually blood thirsty, cruel monsters (well apart from the Big Friendly Giant). There is an exception James Sweatt in the Giant’s House is a normal teenage boy except that he is eight feet tall. The giant’s House by Elizabeth McCracken is a novel set in 1950s small-town America. Peggy Cort is the town’s librarian who becomes emotionally attached to James Sweatt, the giant of the tittle. At first it is a general interest as James is barely out of childhood. As time goes by and James grows into a ...  Read the complete review