by Ron Koertge
I liked this book a lot in parts but also found it pretty awkward, as I find many Issue books are. The secondary characters are fairly two-dimensional, and I'm pretty sure there's only one person the neighbor can be. The grandmother seemed drawn from life, though, as did Ben. I enjoyed the movie-mak...
Told from the perspective of Ben comes a story about love, Courage, and trying to find yourself and what you love. This book is an okay kind of read. The beginning starts off great with characters that make me laugh and pay attention to their lives. But everything changes and the things that really ...
3.5 Stars - This book wasn't what I was expecting, which I seem to be saying quite a bit these days. However, it's true again with this book. This quick read was another that I had finished in one sitting. The characters were polar opposites of each other. Ben who was born with Cerebral Palsy pretty...
This is one of the best books I have ever read. Ben is a hilarious and heartfelt narrator. He doesn't downplay his condition, or turn on the people close to him in frustration. He lives with cerebral palsy, and uses humor as a way to dealing with the people around him. I'm uncomfortable with lo...
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