Monday, March 1, 2010


FINISHED:

Park, Linda Sue,... [et al.]. (2007). Click. New York: Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic.


[Maggie and her brother Jason receive presents bequeathed to them by their recently deceased grandfather, Gee, a renowned photojournalist. Maggie's is a box of shells which she is instructed to return to where they were found (thus helping her to "see the world"), and Jason's is one of Gee's old cameras (also, providing him with a way to "see the world"). I thought this one started out quite strong... but then just got a little incomprehensible. A great way to tell a story, with different authors covering different events which then all come together like a puzzle, but does this really have to do with multiple realities? Or is it really about being able to peel another version of someone off themselves which then has a life of their own?? Maybe this one should go back in my queue for rereading one day...]

STARTED:
Law, Ingrid. (2008). Savvy. New York: Walden Media/Dial/Penguin.

[Newbery Honor winner that's been sitting on my shelf for quite awhile.]

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