Wed, January 13th, 2010
Heart of a Shepherd by Rosanne Parry
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy: Brother is just shy of twelve-years-old when he must step up and help his grandfather run their Oregon farm after his father is shipped off to Iraq. The theme of conflict and loss runs throughout the story from the opening chess sequence to Brother’s fights with his older brothers when they come home and [...]
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Wed, March 25th, 2009
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Lynn: In recent years we have seen several books centering on a narrator with a condition in the Asperger’s syndrome spectrum. The device allows commentary from a detached perspective on social interaction, language and the customs we take for granted. The risk is in creating a voice that does not sound authentic, but books such [...]
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