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Naughts & Crosses
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Malorie Blackman
nicoleslaw89
, July 20, 2006
every teenager needs to read this book (take it from one) It deals with racisim and how it complicates something already as complicated as love. Honestly i picked it off the shelves because it said thriller (and its not. or not the type of thrillers i like) and it had a cool cover (it has to have a cool spine when i go to the library...its a system i use, don't make fun of it) when i read the inside jacket i figured it would be a pretty good book. and it was. it was a very good book. it manages to have love diveded without falling into the cliche of Romeo and Juliet. Another thing i love about it is that the ending is very realistic. very very very realistic. The book is challenging to read because of the mental history that has been pounded into the minds of society that in the 60's the whites were "upperclass citizens" and the blacks were "lowereclass citizens" being the liberal that i am i think that whole period/rascism is stupid, however even I had trouble thnking Callum was White and Sephy was black. it was a real eye opener and eventually it accepted it with no problem. Being a caucasian 15 year old girl from TX, i will never truly understand the horrors or rascism from that period or even today, but this powerful book took me a step closer to a time when hate overshadowed love. You grow to love both characters and want the best for them, and most of all, for them to win against society. Although the writing is a bit corny sometimes (i know ewww love. gross icky. whatever) but, Blackman does an excellent job on weaving the web of a time and place where the roles of racisim are reversed from the traditional ones that are etched into the minds of youth. i think every kid from the age of lets say....14- 18 should be required to read it.
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So Yesterday
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Scott Westerfeld
nicoleslaw89
, July 20, 2006
This was my first Scott Westerfeld book and it definitly was not my last. He is hands down my favorite author simply because he knows how to tell a joke along with a good story. When the cool hunter..hunter (seriously what else could he name him) stumbles upon Jen, the quirky innovater (which i am by the way) he starts getting into trouble. I love this book because there is as much suspense as there is comdey and it tends to be funny without being corny as most books tend to lean towards. The whole book i was rooting for Hunter and Jen (mostly hunter though...and im not going to lie if hunter was a real person, i would be crazy not to date him. silly jen) Though the book can be confusing at times it is truly one of my favorite books of all time. One cool thing in it is that Westerfeld refuses to name lables and instead uses clues so the reader knows what he is talking about without compromising the integrity of the book (and prehaps saved him some royalty money as well) If you do read it (which you should) you need the time to sit down and read it slowly and cover to cover because there is so much detail you need to remember and process. overall, 5 stars.
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I Am the Messenger
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Markus Zusak
nicoleslaw89
, July 20, 2006
When i picked this book off the shelves i thought it was going to be just another crime novel with a loveable, yet forgetable hero. However, as i flipped the pages and was faced with delimmas that seemed so real and organic i realized that Ed was giving me a message as well. Meet Ed, the unforgetably honest character that has character and promise no matter what he thinks. Zusack makes the words and story flow so well i kept thinking that this would make a great TV series. Ed seemed so human and his wit charmed me from the bank robbery scene right till the end. Although the romance with Audrey leaves something to be desired, i really like that Zusack kept it realistic right till the very end. It was a really good book that ended up being more about human emotions than your typical shoot em up crime novel. Zusack is truly an innovative author that deserves respect and my time. in fact, i think i will go to the library and get another book of his i enjoyed I am the Messenger so much.
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