I liked this book, but everything felt a little too quirky this time around. Like there are no "normal" characters that I can remember (except maybe Safer's mom and even she was a little weird). Some readers might find that annoying. I liked the story though. The twist felt abrupt to me, but about...
Title: Liar & Spy Author: Rebecca Stead Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books Publication Date: Aug 7th 2012 Page Numbers: 180 pages Blurb When seventh grader Georges (the S is silent) moves into a Brooklyn apartment building, he meets Safer, a twelve-year-old coffee-drinking loner and self-appointed spy. G...
I found it to be charming and amusing, up until about the last 40 pages. And then it became thoughtful, and poignant in a way. The characters are unique and get some nice development. I was all ready to give it three stars, for being entertaining but not overly memorable. Then the end made me recons...
This was a sweet story, occasionally I felt a little old for it but as the story unfolded it just caught me. I have no idea how I put it onto my wishlist or who recommended it to me, but I'm glad I found it. The story unfolds as Georges (the S is silent as he's named after his parent's favourite A...
This book has a lot of the same feeling as When You Reach Me - a NY apartment building, some classroom scenes, new friends, some kind of mystery or secret. But it doesn't deliver in the same way When You Reach Me does, which of course would be really hard to do. But I felt like maybe Liar & Spy was ...
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