About this title: A New York Times Bestseller A 2006 Newbery Award WinnerDebbie wished something would happen. Something good. To her. Looking at the bright, fuzzy picture in the magazine, she thought, Something like that. Checking her wish for loopholes, she found one. Hoping it wasn't too late, she thought the word soon.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780060092740ISBN:0060092742
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 337 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780060092740ISBN:0060092742
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. Return Policy Any defects, damages, or material differences with your item, must be reported to us within 7 days of receipt of the item or 30 days from date of shipment. The returned merchandise must be ... read more
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
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"I enjoyed this sweet, quiet book about adolescence because of the beautiful shining moments of perfectly capturing the feeling of transformation that happens as children turn into young adults. I also really enjoyed the way the author played with form and media. The story is almost entirely character-driven; you'd be hard pressed to come up with a real plot summary, but nonetheless, there are so many small events that change the characters as they criss and cross each other all around the small town of Seldem--all of them barely missing each other on one level and encountering each other meaningfully in the most mundane of moments on another. It's a complicated book despite its simple appearance, and the omniscient narration that jumps among the many characters as they interact really adds to those layers of meaning, though it does make the book a bit more difficult at first to connect with.
I do feel like this book would appeal more to adults than to adolescents. It feels so nostalgic, like a look back at childhood's end from the perspective of someone who has already experienced the transformation."
This book was weird, but in a good way. It combines several styles of writing, and includes a smattering of art, to tell the story of a handful of young high school kids. They're dealing with typical issues of this age - growing up, feeling awkward, out of place, searching for meaning.
The problem for me is that this is a "companion book", which is a euphamism for "sequel". The author did a fine job of not letting me know that for quite a while, but when I got around to reading the last pages, where there is a reader's guide, there is an ad page for the first book.
This book didn't really tie up the stories it was telling, so I'm not sure if there is more to be written. I'm curious about the first book, and would be happy to read a third, but at the same time, the slice-of-life that the book gave us does not necessarily need to have an "ending", because as the characters might point out, life just goes on.
This book won a Newbery Medal, something I can only dream of for my work."
"Criss Cross is a very interesting book which takes a different tack from other YA books I have been reading. The title, which is usually very apparent in the reading of the book, is a metaphor for the overall story line. I found this very curious and extremely intriguing. Rather than being heavily plotted, the author has chosen to develop a story which shows how lives "criss-cross" each other, even as life lessons are learned, things become lost and found, and adolescents develop over time.
For the YA Challenge #2, the commonality in Criss Cross and The Higher Power of Lucky is basic to most YA books: how adolescents learn and grow over time; how events, no matter how small, contribute to human development. What is an interesting difference is how one author used setting to facilitate events and the other used human interactions as a catalyst to motivating events.
"I picked this book up at a used book sale and grabbed it because it had the newberry medal winner seal stuck on it. As I held the book the seal started to unstick and roll. I was having a hard time liking the book and started wondering if it had really won the Newberry medal or if someone had haphazardly stuck the sticker on this book by accident. I read another 20 pages and then had to go look online to see if it was really a winner.
It is.
So, with affirmation that others had in fact liked this book enough to grant it an award, I kept reading. I figured it had to get better, right?
Well, now I am done with it. I thought it was OK. not great. not terrible. The story has multiple characters and changes points of view often. You are stuck in the heads of 14 year olds. I AM SO GLAD I AM NOT 14 ANYMORE. I really can remember thinking like them-- trying to glean as much meaning out of nothing. feeling predestined for something great, but not knowing what. and knowing there were experiences to live that would change your path forever but not really knowing where to go to live them.
I don't know who I would reccomend it to -- there were some funny moments and I liked the coordination of a few key illustrations, photos, and writing styles."
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