I'm having trouble finding decent books this year. Have yet to fall in love with one yet. Paperboy is being said to be just as well done as To Kill A Mockingbird - absolutely not. While it has some of the same themes, it comes no where close to the writing style and brilliance that is To Kill A Mock...
I really enjoyed listening to this book - the reader was excellent.
Surprisingly touching, though it takes a while to get to the unusual way dialogue is presented here. Everything with Little Man and Mr. Spiro, and Little Man and Mam was great. Recommended to stutterers and, really, anyone with an invisible disability. A pleasant Newbery Honor surprise. (The committ...
A wonderfully written coming-of-age debut novel about a stuttering paperboy in 1959 Memphis.
Vince Vawter's Paperboy is a very literary middle-grade contemporary story that turned out to be not what I quite expected, but in a really good way.In 1959 Memphis, an 11 year old boy takes over his friend's paper route for a month. The main character, who remains nameless for most of the novel, ha...
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