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A review by mbenzz
The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty
5.0
I am so glad I finally read this book. I've had it laying around for the past couple of years and never gave it much thought, but it turned out to be an excellent read.
This is the story of Evelyn Bucknow. She lives in Kerrville, Kansas with her young mother and no father. We meet her at age 11 and follow her to her last year in high school. In that time she experiences her first love, and first heartache...the feeling of being an outsider, and the betrayal of her one true friend. She learns that young people do not, in fact, live forever, and she slowly realizes what she wants out of life, and how to achieve it.
I highly recommend this book. Evelyn has such a voice for being so young, and her struggles through adolescence are at times both heartbreaking and joyous. I would really love to see a sequel to this book, to learn how Evelyn, her mother, her mentally retarded brother Samuel, and her beloved grandmother Eileen turn out. This was a great book, and I absolutely look forward to reading her future novels.
This is the story of Evelyn Bucknow. She lives in Kerrville, Kansas with her young mother and no father. We meet her at age 11 and follow her to her last year in high school. In that time she experiences her first love, and first heartache...the feeling of being an outsider, and the betrayal of her one true friend. She learns that young people do not, in fact, live forever, and she slowly realizes what she wants out of life, and how to achieve it.
I highly recommend this book. Evelyn has such a voice for being so young, and her struggles through adolescence are at times both heartbreaking and joyous. I would really love to see a sequel to this book, to learn how Evelyn, her mother, her mentally retarded brother Samuel, and her beloved grandmother Eileen turn out. This was a great book, and I absolutely look forward to reading her future novels.