So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
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Dillon is a sixteen year old triathlon athlete that bears the image of his brother, Preston’s death. Throughout the story, Dillon is encountered by the past, present, and future of his actions by writing to his dead brother, in a journal. His long time friend Stacy, Jennifer the basketball star, and he have their own situations that they have to figure out so they can move on with their lives. They have secrets that they can’t live with anymore. So to overcome their past and present problems they join together to solve them. This book was one of my top picks before I even read it and it proved to be a great book. When reading this book you could feel their emotions and feel their pain. It was impossible to put the book down. The message that the author was trying to show the reader through the book was that you shouldn't hide the truth because in the end you could lose the ones you love. The author is also trying to show you that you need to tell the police or a teacher you trust about problems that you can’t face on your own. If people actually listened to Jennifer her problems wouldn’t have been as bad. I would recommend this book for teens because this is the area of the problems that the characters in the novel are going through. Teens can comprehend the literature and meanings of this book. This book would be good for both young men and young women.
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monica10192, November 14, 2007
Dillon is a sixteen year old triathlon athlete that bears the image of his brother, Preston’s death. Throughout the story, Dillon is encountered by the past, present, and future of his actions by writing to his dead brother, in a journal. His long time friend Stacy, Jennifer the basketball star, and he have their own situations that they have to figure out so they can move on with their lives. They have secrets that they can’t live with anymore. So to overcome their past and present problems they join together to solve them. This book was one of my top picks before I even read it and it proved to be a great book. When reading this book you could feel their emotions and feel their pain. It was impossible to put the book down. The message that the author was trying to show the reader through the book was that you shouldn't hide the truth because in the end you could lose the ones you love. The author is also trying to show you that you need to tell the police or a teacher you trust about problems that you can’t face on your own. If people actually listened to Jennifer her problems wouldn’t have been as bad. I would recommend this book for teens because this is the area of the problems that the characters in the novel are going through. Teens can comprehend the literature and meanings of this book. This book would be good for both young men and young women.