The Ear, the Eye, the Arm Analysis

If you've ever wanted to visit the future, this book is your chance. It takes place in the year 2194, a glorious time when robots do all the cooking and cleaning. Where can we sign up to go? The hi...

We know that Tendai is our main man throughout the book, but he's not our narrator. How can we tell? We don't get an I when he does something. Check it out:

For most of the book, Tendai is thirteen years old, though at the end he's a whopping fourteen. And readers Tendai's age are definitely the target demographic for this book—he gripes about his pa...

If you're like us, then you might think "boring" when you hear the word "dispassionate." Fret not, though, because The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm is anything but boring. It's just not...

Nancy Farmer's style is very imaginative, and The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm is loaded with awesome details and powerful images. The novel's descriptive style allows us to fully imagine the settings...

When we first came across the title The Eye, the Ear, and the Arm, we were a little confused. What, no nose? It didn't take us too long to figure it out though: The title comes to us directly from...

The epilogue wraps everything up in a neat little bow for us. After the detectives save the day (and the kids), Tendai finally gets to celebrate his fourteenth birthday in style. He's more interest...

We're certainly entertained while reading The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm. There are exciting scenes with interesting characters, plus you can almost never go wrong with robots. But the story can get...

Always Be Prepared Tendai wants an explorer's badge in order to become an Eagle Scout, but he knows his dad won't let him go outside long enough to get one. So why even bother asking? Instead, he...

Author Nancy Farmer didn't start writing until she was 40. See? It's never too late to go after your dream. (Source.) You're supposed to write what you know. Luckily, Farmer knows Africa after li...

While this book has lots of violence and spooky stuff that might bump a movie into the PG-13 territory, sex is pretty much nonexistent here. Did we say pretty much? We meant completely. Sorry about...

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