10 reasons you should read this book:1. Craig Silvey's wonderful, beautiful prose that perfectly encaptures the whimsy, imagination and uncertainty of childhood.2. The gorgeous illustrations and design of the book overall. It has a really cool vintage vibe and is just lovely.3. The Masked Avenger, a...
“..against your will it would make you think of just how much of your day comprised simply missing things. Just how much eluded you. Just how many kicks you were behind the play. Unravelled, you would entertain these thoughts. You would be sitting with a guide dog and a slipped guard. And ambivalenc...
I suppose I don't know what to say. This book was riddled with so much story that my words fail me.I can say that this coming of age tale had a lot of heart. I really enjoyed the debates that happened between the characters especially the ones on existentialism. It confirmed what I, myself, am const...
Wait. So, Country bumpkin ass Australian's exist? Really? Mind. Blown.Who else's mind kept picturing the kids off of 'Stand By Me'? Anyone?...No?...Yes?This one made it to my favorites for many many reasons. The first paragraph slaps you smack dab in the middle of Shenanigans. Unfortunately, these a...
So this was the last of this years Printz winners/honors for me to read, and I think it's my favorite. As far as literary quality while also being an actual YA book (I don't know why I'm still so bothered about Where Things Come Back winning), it's the best. Like the jacket flap suggested, it did re...
This review also appears on my blog.Jasper Jones is the resident outcast in the small town of Corrigan. His name is the first on everybody's lips when anything goes wrong. So when, one hot summer night, something goes very, very wrong, Jasper desperately searches out help - and comes across the ligh...
3.5/5I can see why his work is compared to that of Zusak’s. It’s got the same feel to it… quiet, sad, bitter, unfair, angry, and funny a lot of the time too. But it was never a simple story, Charlie’s experience with Jasper, Jasper’s history with the town, even Jeffrey and his family’s part of it a...
I really wanted to like this more than I did. I thought the writing called attention to itself to the detriment of the story - it was carefully and painstakingly written, with many internal rhymes and extended banter between the two best friends that went on a little too long to be charming - I supp...
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