Paper Covers Rock
by:
Jenny Hubbard (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385740555 (0385740557)
Publish date: June 14th 2011
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Realistic Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary,
Poetry,
High School,
School Stories,
Boarding School
I bought this book a while back and finally got time to read it. It began a little slow but once I got more to the meat of the story it grew on me. Plot: This is about a boy, who is in a private all boys school, and a tragic incident has happen. Alex feels let down that he was not on time to save ...
might replace madeleines. . .will deffo try
Initial reaction: "Paper Covers Rock" has some brilliant pieces to its whole. For one, it's a story that takes place in the 1980s at an all boys school in North Carolina, with a protagonist dealing with the aftermath of a friend's death. Alex is a poet and finds refuge in his writing for dealing wit...
(I thought the writing in this was a 5)This story takes place at an all boys boarding school in the 80's and reminded me of the Robin Williams movie, "Dead Poet's Society". Alex, a 16 year old junior, goes out to the woods with his friends, Glenn and Thomas one afternoon to blow off steam. They de...
on paper covers rock, literal references, symbolism and deep, deep thoughts aside, this is not my favorite book. for starters, alex, its sixteen year old narrator doesn’t feel like he is a sixteen year old. the story focuses on the aftermath of thomas’ drowning, it touches a lot on what alex sees an...
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