by Mark Goldblatt
Sometimes when you brace yourself for a storm, you get a gentle breeze. The storm only comes when you're braced for nothing whatsoever. page 16 Knowing that, in a thousand years, nothing you're doing or not doing will matter frees you up to do what your heart tells you to do. page 189 Julian Tw...
I don't know if I would have chosen this book on my own but I'm glad I did. The story is told in journal style by twelve year-old Julian, the main character who is growing up in the 1960s. This is an assignment in response to an incident he was involved in that's not revealed until much later. Altho...
Twerp is a book that I never would have read had I not received a Netgalley invitation to download it. But afterwards, I decided to check it out; I enjoy Middle Grade, after all, and it would only take a few hours to read. I can honestly say I don't regret reading it.Not that I'm going to gush; Twer...
It gives off the same feeling as the well known 80s film Stand By Me, which is also a story about coming of age.This is a tale about reflection, guilt, emotional turmoil and the eternal confusion of youth.It has an easy comfortable flow and the reader slips easily into the mind and head of the young...
I received this book for review from the publisher via Netgalley.I had never heard of Twerp or Mark Goldblatt. However, I was browsing on Netgalley and thought that the description sounded interesting, so I requested it. I went into it with an open mind, but I was unfortunately unimpressed.Twerp is ...
Original Review posted on Bookwyrming ThoughtsOriginal Rating: 3.5 out of 5 OwlsNote: Formatting is lost due to copy and pasteDisclaimer: I received an ARC copy of the book from the publisher via Netgalley. My review is not influenced in any way. In the 1960s of Queens, New York, 6th grader Juli...
More of my reviews at Secrets of Lost Words.Rating: A-I didn't think I would like Twerp. I don't usually like a lot of MG books so I'm really surprised at how much I liked this book. Twerp is something more mature for the younger audience and I feel like this fully explained Julian's life and how he...
Twerp is formatted as if it is the journal the main character, Julian, is asked to keep. As soon as I started reading, I wanted to know what the bullying incident involved. What happened? We don't find out for a while, but I liked the placement of those details. It gave me an opportunity to get to k...
I received this book from Netgalley. This is a moving story about a twelve-year-old boy, Julian Twerski, growing up in NYC in the late '60's. It's told in the first person through journal entries. I felt like I was reliving that very difficult age as Julian writes about his daily life in his journal...
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