Rumble Fish
“Stylistically superb. . . . This packs a punch that will leave readers of any age reeling.”—School Library Journal, Starred“Sharper in focus and more mature in style than Hinton’s The Outsiders.”—BooklistAn ALA Best Books for Young AdultsA School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
“Stylistically superb. . . . This packs a punch that will leave readers of any age reeling.”—School Library Journal, Starred“Sharper in focus and more mature in style than Hinton’s The Outsiders.”—BooklistAn ALA Best Books for Young AdultsA School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780440975342 (0440975344)
Publish date: October 1st 1989
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Teen,
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Read For School,
Realistic Fiction,
Drama,
Coming Of Age
Ever since I read Outsiders last week, I’ve been trying to get my hands on any S.E Hinton that I can. This is the one that I managed to get a hold of first and even though I didn’t enjoy it as much as The Outsiders, for a 78 page book, it was pretty immersive. Told from the perspective of Rusty-Ja...
I saw the movie many years ago, and when I saw the book, picked it up not fully recalling the story or subject.Finding oneself (or not), coming of age in a tough inner city, or becoming a man through learning life's lessons; they;re stories that never really change. Paperback above was originally...
It's worth a read for the hilarious comparison of a junkie named Cassandra to the classical Greek tragic figure.
I gobbled up Hinton books in middle school, because they were contemporary and realistic and a little gritty, unlike all the children's books I'd read before then. And also, because there weren't many of what we would now call YA books.