It took me just a couple of hours to finish this book. It is very twisted and dark. Kid abusing sexually another kid. Both females, best friends, nonetheless. Laine was not a very sympathetic character and Leah was just a crazy, screwed-up girl.The book touches delicate issues such as bullying, sexu...
70 authors contribute stories to this anthology about their experiences with bullying as victims, bullies, or observers. Normally for anthologies I go through each story separately, but I’d feel weird about doing that with this book since these are all personal stories the authors are contributing...
Started this book last night and finished the last 20 pages this morning. Yep, I cried. This book wasn't perfect. I had two issues with it. #1 - the ages of Fern & Charlie. I had a hard time with Fern being only 12. Charlie seemed a lot younger than 3. #2 - the word OK. I should have done a count...
I have said this before, but I have to like the characters to enjoy the book. Even if the book is for youngsters and that has to be taken into consideration, for me the characters must ring true. I did not read the preceding book Jumping Off Swings, but this story can stand alone. It is a good thing...
3.5 I don't really remember much about Jumping off of Swings besides I liked it, and was a little nervous because of that going into this one since it is a companion novel. But I worried for nothing because I connected with Josh and though I didn't remember small details, we get the big picture ...
A heart breaking story. A tear jerker for me. I was really caught in the emotional impact of this book but I was also given an abundance of laughs. The book is well written and the characters are very memorable. The book is not really about one thing; there are a lot of smaller plot points that each...
"Love doesn't die, people do. So, when all that's left of me is love, give me away."This is the first time I read a book written by Jo Knowles, and I am sure it won't be the last. I was impressed by how well-written this book was. It was heartbreaking reading about death of such a sweet little boy. ...
Appeal Characteristics: family relationships, death, restaurant business, bullies, coming out/gay relationships, school I cried like a baby at this book. I love dysfunctional families. For some reason, I hate reading adult literary works about dysfunctional families, but I love kids perspectives on ...
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