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Trouble by Gary Schmidt

Posted by bj neary on January 18, 2009 at 8:10am
bookshelves: read, multicultural-fiction, realistic-fiction, ya status: Read in January, 2009 review: Just finished this 3rd book by Schmidt and I was sooooo moved by this tense, funny, suspenseful story and you really get to know each character and will love them, hate them or decide you can just plain accept them. Henry, just like Holling in The Wednesday Wars, is unforgettable. I love the way they both look at the world, their families and how they make decisions, good, bad or indifferent. Schmidt really has a way with words----just love him. Keep the great books coming. This will be one...more Just finished this 3rd book by Schmidt and I was sooooo moved by this tense, funny, suspenseful story and you really get to know each character and will love them, hate them or decide you can just plain accept them. Henry, just like Holling in The Wednesday Wars, is unforgettable. I love the way they both look at the world, their families and how they make decisions, good, bad or indifferent. Schmidt really has a way with words----just love him. Keep the great books coming. This will be one of my favorites to booktalk, hope the students like it just as much. I learned you can't run from Trouble (just like Henry) but you have to learn how to live with it and learn to find happiness with life as it really is. Also, people need to accept immigrants and not judge them on what their race, origin, etc. is but to get to know them as people, just people, like you and me
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