Criss Cross
She wished something would happen.Something good. To her. Checking her wish for loopholes, she found one. Hoping it wasn't too late, she thought the word soon.Meanwhile, in another part of town, he felt as if the world was opening. Life was rearranging itself; bulging in places, fraying in spots....
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She wished something would happen.Something good. To her. Checking her wish for loopholes, she found one. Hoping it wasn't too late, she thought the word soon.Meanwhile, in another part of town, he felt as if the world was opening. Life was rearranging itself; bulging in places, fraying in spots. He felt himself changing, too, but into what?So much can happen in a summer.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060092740 (0060092742)
ASIN: 60092742
Publish date: December 26th 2007
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Pages no: 337
Edition language: English
The worst of the Newberry's so far. I was barely able to finish Criss Cross because nothing happened! We have 300 plus pages with no real plot. And, I can't say I'm a fan of this authors writing style. There was no real flow between sentences. Hard to believe this won a Newberry. Criss Cross is to...
The blurb reads "She wished something would happen". That's what I wished during the entire book. I don't understand how this book ever one a price, not mentioning the Newbery Medal. One sometimes wonders how there things happen...
Lovely prose but BORING!!!
Very cute "boy-doesn't-meet-girl" story. Honest in feelings for the age group and not all glossed up. The downside of this is it can seem to drag but it was so familiar to me that I kept reading, right to the end.
I guess the best word to describe this book would be "nice" or "pleasant" or "cute". It's one of those books that's just like, "This is a story about LIFE." In other words, it doesn't have much of a plot. It's basically just a bunch of character's thoughts about the world. The writing style is excel...
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