You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.
Take a photo of a barcode or cover
smithers815 's review for:
Twenty Boy Summer
by Sarah Ockler
Some books hit very close to home and that makes them harder to read because you feel as if you truly are reliving an event and you can put yourself in that characters shoes with even more gusto than ever before. That, to me, is how I felt while reading this amazing book. When I was Anna’s age, my best friend was killed in a car wreck and dealing with the loss of that is something that you never come to terms with completely and Sarah Ockler has done an amazing job diving into the teenage psyche and trying to explain that through Anna.
I literally got this book in the mail, had testing so my students did that and I read the entire time (shhhhh), and I finished it the next day (while I was making my students read… again, shhhhh). I could not put it down. The story was written so well that I felt as if I were experiencing everything that Anna and Frankie were as they tried to cope with Matt’s loss in very different ways. Ockler has done an amazing job at showing how grief can completely captivate you and set you free all at the same time. Everything from the characters to the plot was beautifully written and I am so glad that this story was captured by such a talented writer. Every emotion was present while I was reading this book and now I have students on a waiting list for it. Superb job!!
I literally got this book in the mail, had testing so my students did that and I read the entire time (shhhhh), and I finished it the next day (while I was making my students read… again, shhhhh). I could not put it down. The story was written so well that I felt as if I were experiencing everything that Anna and Frankie were as they tried to cope with Matt’s loss in very different ways. Ockler has done an amazing job at showing how grief can completely captivate you and set you free all at the same time. Everything from the characters to the plot was beautifully written and I am so glad that this story was captured by such a talented writer. Every emotion was present while I was reading this book and now I have students on a waiting list for it. Superb job!!