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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
I cried so much! Gah!!! It was a good book though. I'm offisally scared of car crashes
This book is on the 7th/8th grade list for Battle of the Books. The basic plot is pretty depressing - Willow's parents die in a car crash, and she has to move on with her life unsure of where she will permanently live. I liked the book, but it took me awhile to finish. There is a specific scene in the story that made me lower my rating because I felt the author did not need to include that part in the story.
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
This is by far my favorite book. It is beautifully written. The story is amazing It reminds me in a strange way of Rudolph the red nosed reindeer. A group of misfits are transformed by and through tragedy. Loved it. Beautiful characters. .
Delightful story of a tragedy that didn't go horribly wrong.
I had a hard time getting into this one. I had to force myself to keep going for at least half because I had heard so many good things about it. The second half was much better and I really enjoyed it. Not sure it outweighed the slog of the beginning for me.
It took me awhile to connect to Willow Chance. I needed time to let her get under my skin. Once she did, I just wanted to wrap my arms around her and hold her tight; make her world right. I loved this book for the fact that it showed what makes up family. How characters can change. How people can make sense of their world. Beautifully written.
I loved Willow because she realized "books=comfort"
I recommend this book for middle school readers.
So many lovely lines:
pg. 135 "I admire that in a person. The ability to keep your mouth shut is usually a sign of intelligence. Introspection requires you to think and analyze. It's hard to do that when you are blabbing away."
pg. 175 "For someone grieving, moving forward is the challenge. Because after extreme loss, you want to go back... No matter how hard, they try, other people do not understand because I'm incapable of communication. And that is why the deepest form of pain comes out as silence."
pg. 278 "That's why this running matters. I think that the effort put forward in matters of physical exertion is more important than the outcome."
pg. 289 "Dell Duke is not a bad person. He is just bad at being a person."
pg. 351 "A second can feel like forever if what follows is heartbreak."
pg. 355 "This is one of the secrets that I have learned in the last few months. When you care about other people, it takes the spotlight off your own drama."
pg. 359 "If there is anything I've figured out in the last months it's that you can find labels to organize living things, but you can't put people in any kind of group or order. It just doesn't work that way."
I loved Willow because she realized "books=comfort"
I recommend this book for middle school readers.
So many lovely lines:
pg. 135 "I admire that in a person. The ability to keep your mouth shut is usually a sign of intelligence. Introspection requires you to think and analyze. It's hard to do that when you are blabbing away."
pg. 175 "For someone grieving, moving forward is the challenge. Because after extreme loss, you want to go back... No matter how hard, they try, other people do not understand because I'm incapable of communication. And that is why the deepest form of pain comes out as silence."
pg. 278 "That's why this running matters. I think that the effort put forward in matters of physical exertion is more important than the outcome."
pg. 289 "Dell Duke is not a bad person. He is just bad at being a person."
pg. 351 "A second can feel like forever if what follows is heartbreak."
pg. 355 "This is one of the secrets that I have learned in the last few months. When you care about other people, it takes the spotlight off your own drama."
pg. 359 "If there is anything I've figured out in the last months it's that you can find labels to organize living things, but you can't put people in any kind of group or order. It just doesn't work that way."
This story is about a girl who goes from knowing who she is to hiding herself from heartbreak. An accident occurs and changes Willow Chances life. Willow Chance is the main character. She goes through some very hard times. And I mean very hard. She had a quiz, at school, it was kind of a special quiz. Willow got every answer right. There were a lot of questions and she got every single one right. Her teacher thought she cheated and made her go to counseling sessions where she meets Dell Duke. Dell Duke knows Willow didn't cheat and calls her a genius. Then there is a taxi driver, Mai Nguyen, her brother, and her mom. There is also Dell Dukes cat. All those people change her life.
This was such a fun and delightful read. I was wholly charmed by the characters, how they connect and transform. 4.5 stars.