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Book Description
How to survive being good
Like a flashback memory, he’s there in my mind: skimming up the stairs at school, his sloppy old T-shirt big as a sail, red tie-dyed dragon T-shirt, who wears stuff like that? No one. Jinsen.
The kids at Edward Rucher High School call Jinsen ̶Continue
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- English Books
- Hardcover 128 Pages
- Edition: 1st ed
- ISBN-10: 0374309981
- ISBN-13: 9780374309985
- Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
- Pub date: Mar 04, 2003
- Dimensions: 1419 mm x 968 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9780374309985 | Hardcover | $16.00 | -- | The Book Depository |
I enjoyed this book, however, I didn't feel grabbed and engaged. I think it definately deals with a great topic--bullying. This is a topic I have seen more and more in YA literature but I am not sure that this will be a popular book for YAs to read.SpoilerI was kind of disappointed in the ending. It ... (continue)
I enjoyed this book, however, I didn't feel grabbed and engaged. I think it definately deals with a great topic--bullying. This is a topic I have seen more and more in YA literature but I am not sure that this will be a popular book for YAs to read.SpoilerI was kind of disappointed in the ending. It seemed to be tied up too nicely even though the bully got punished and Jinsen got go to special art school. It seems to me that this was not realistic even though Koja did show Justin's vulnerability in losing his new friend to a different school, but other than that I felt it just came together too perfectly.
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