by Jo Knowles
You can read all of my reviews at Alluring Reads.Jumping off Swings was a book that I bought on a whim. I was perusing my local bookstore when I saw the cover and was drawn in by the empty feeling that it gave me. The cover is the perfect pretense for the novel. It's a very quick read, clocking in a...
I read this back in September and never reviewed it. Maybe I will read it again and post a review. I just thought of it since I met Jo Knowles at a book signing this week.
I really liked the voice of all four characters in this book. It was such a serious topic but so well done. My heart broke for Ellie and it even broke for Josh even though he did everything wrong. And poor Caleb and Corrine was stuck in the middle trying to figure out what it all meant. Excellen...
I have to say up front that this is not a happily ever after book, and I'm slowly starting to realize that most books in general--excluding romance, of course--are not all going to end up that way. When it comes to facing the reality in life, and making hard decisions like choosing whether or not yo...
While it paints a picture of the realities of teen pregnancy, this book offers no new viewpoints and feels like an after school special. The characters are wooden, the plot is uninspiring, and the end is inevitable. Even the heroine's destructive habit of confusing sex with love is stated and then l...
http://theuncommonnonsense.blogspot.com/2009/11/jumping-off-swingsand-why-you-should.htmlfantastic thought provoking author. she's a must have on anyone's list
Excellent realistic YA fiction.
Another great novel by Jo Knowles. I was very moved by her first book Lessons from a Dead Girl and was excited to read this. It's getting all sorts of negative attention which I think is uncalled for!It's a story of Ellie, a 16-year old high school student who tries to fill the void in her life by h...
Ellie can't believe this is happening. She thought Josh was different than all the other boys. She thought he might actually care for her. Instead he proved that all he wanted was one thing and now that he's gotten what he wanted he has no more use for her.Little does Ellie know, she's pregnant and ...
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