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Buddha Boy

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By Kathe Koja

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| Hardcover | 9780374309985

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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

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 “Buddha Boy” and condemn him as a freak. With his shaved head and perpetual smile, Jinsen certainly doesn’t help matters when he starts begging for lunch money in the cafeteria. So when Justin is paired with Jinsen for a class project, he plans to get done with it as soon as possible, and climb right back into his safe social niche. Then Justin discovers Jinsen’s incredible artistic talent and becomes curious about his beliefs. But being friends with Buddha Boy isn’t simple, and Justin is forced into a cruel contest with the jocks who just can’t seem to leave Jinsen, or his artwork, alone.

Kathe Koja introduces an unforgettable young man who will remind readers of the true meaning of friendship and demonstrate how to draw strength from the little gods inside each of them.

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  • 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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  • 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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