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A review by jeffmauch
Raft of Stars by Andrew J. Graff
5.0
An adventurous coming of age novel set in the woods of Wisconsin? Sign me up! I stumbled across this book in a local book store a while back because it was being touted as a great debut novel. Once I read a brief synopsis, it immediately was added to my forever growing "to read" pile.
Raft of stars is the story of two 10 year old friends who run for the wilderness after some accidental trouble with the law. Both of the boys are also coming to terms with their fathers, but in much different ways. Mix into this a law man struggling in his new post, far from home, an old war vet, his daughter, and the local gas station attendant, all out in the woods with differing levels of being lost and you get quite a story. I thoroughly enjoyed this one from start to finish. The variety of characters and the depth given to each of them by the author shows a maturity in storytelling that far surpasses what I'd expect in a first novel. Throw in multiple narrators with a story being told from as many as 4 different points of view and you can color me impressed. I can't wait to see what Andrew J. Graff writes next. I have high hopes for him. 5/5
Raft of stars is the story of two 10 year old friends who run for the wilderness after some accidental trouble with the law. Both of the boys are also coming to terms with their fathers, but in much different ways. Mix into this a law man struggling in his new post, far from home, an old war vet, his daughter, and the local gas station attendant, all out in the woods with differing levels of being lost and you get quite a story. I thoroughly enjoyed this one from start to finish. The variety of characters and the depth given to each of them by the author shows a maturity in storytelling that far surpasses what I'd expect in a first novel. Throw in multiple narrators with a story being told from as many as 4 different points of view and you can color me impressed. I can't wait to see what Andrew J. Graff writes next. I have high hopes for him. 5/5