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Surviving the Applewhites

Jan 11, 2011 18:11

Surviving the Applewhites, by Stephanie S. Tolan

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author last names t-z, at least the cover is cool, character development fail, seeking author and book opinions

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redglare January 12 2011, 00:30:49 UTC

Oh, god. I had to read this in seventh grade and the teacher kept trying to ~read stuff into it.~

Like... please. It's an average kid's book, there is no DEEP MEANING ffs.

crazed_apple January 17 2011, 05:11:43 UTC

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who hated this book. The plot summary makes it sound like the whole book is going to be about the tremendously difficult and emotionally taxing trial of reforming Jake into a good kind. But it seems like less than a quarter of the way into the book, he just decides to be a good kid, and does. The rest of the book is useless, especially the amazingly overwrought episode of putting on "The Sound of Music" that takes up so many pages at the end. I might not have any beef with this mediocre book if it hadn't won the Newbery Honor--that's like awarding Best Film to Shrek 4 or something.