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From: Hannah Gómez <hannahgomez_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 09:49:29 -0700
I love this book (full disclosure: I was on the Morris committee last year, so that's probably unsurprising).
I had one student want to read the book as soon as she saw the title, though she was disappointed that the science of the title was more metaphorical than she expected. Other students have liked it, though I'm sad to say they aren't as DFJLAKD*&^&(*SFJLDSAKFJ#O_at_I%U)_at_#%&DS (amazing! no words! etc) as I expected. I think there are plenty of readers who should react like that, but either they're not expressing that reaction to me or I haven't found the right teen to hand it to yet.
One thing I have enjoyed doing is handing it to students alongside Justine Larbalestier's *Liar*, just to see how they react when they see the two very different places a story can go.
I agree, Merri, that it is quite hopeful even in the face of such horror. Stephanie is a talented writer.
Hannah Gómez, MA, MSLIS hannahgomez_at_gmail.com http://hannahgomez.wix.com/portfolio
(520) 481-8778
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 8:27 AM, Merri Lindgren < mlindgren_at_education.wisc.edu> wrote:
>
>
> This powerful book pulled me fully into Win's story from the opening
> pages, and while it is honest about the horror of sexual abuse, it somehow
> also left me with a sense of hope for Win's future. The role of Win's
> friends, Lex and Jordan, played a big part in that hopefulness, and that
> brings me back to comments earlier this month about current young adult
> novels being more likely to show collaboration and support and not the
> strict self-reliance theme that used to be common.
>
>
>
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Received on Mon 21 Jul 2014 11:50:07 AM CDT
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 09:49:29 -0700
I love this book (full disclosure: I was on the Morris committee last year, so that's probably unsurprising).
I had one student want to read the book as soon as she saw the title, though she was disappointed that the science of the title was more metaphorical than she expected. Other students have liked it, though I'm sad to say they aren't as DFJLAKD*&^&(*SFJLDSAKFJ#O_at_I%U)_at_#%&DS (amazing! no words! etc) as I expected. I think there are plenty of readers who should react like that, but either they're not expressing that reaction to me or I haven't found the right teen to hand it to yet.
One thing I have enjoyed doing is handing it to students alongside Justine Larbalestier's *Liar*, just to see how they react when they see the two very different places a story can go.
I agree, Merri, that it is quite hopeful even in the face of such horror. Stephanie is a talented writer.
Hannah Gómez, MA, MSLIS hannahgomez_at_gmail.com http://hannahgomez.wix.com/portfolio
(520) 481-8778
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 8:27 AM, Merri Lindgren < mlindgren_at_education.wisc.edu> wrote:
>
>
> This powerful book pulled me fully into Win's story from the opening
> pages, and while it is honest about the horror of sexual abuse, it somehow
> also left me with a sense of hope for Win's future. The role of Win's
> friends, Lex and Jordan, played a big part in that hopefulness, and that
> brings me back to comments earlier this month about current young adult
> novels being more likely to show collaboration and support and not the
> strict self-reliance theme that used to be common.
>
>
>
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