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Summary: Real, Moving, and Geniune
Review: My congrats to Joesph Weisberg, a product of the chicago private schools on being able to write a novel about a big suburban high school in New Jersey. It was a wonderful and hopeful book. Jeremy is about as average as you can get, but has a good and decent heart. He is a kid struggling to find his place in the world. 10th grade is a year that many ignore--Weisberg was wise to set his novel during that year. In fact, the era, the early 1980s is evoked with great care. Jeremy even likes Air Supply. His quirks and nuances make him all the more real. The way he makes friends and floats through school is pitch perfect. I think the fact that Weisberg did not go Hutch Falls but still captures the feelings of being speaks to the universality of being young. One huge strength of this novel is that is hopeful. It reminds me, as a school teacher, that kids are wonderful. Kids are hopeful, and in the end, they are going to be ok. This should be required reading for teachers and students everwhere. I loved this book.
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Summary: Good premise, poor execution
Review: The notion of reading unedited ramblings from the pen of a 10th grader seemed novel, and appealing. Unfortunatly the novelty wears off after a few chapters, and with less than salient characters leading the way the story gets lost in what should be a sea of red ink.
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Summary: an entirely surprising, sweet, hilarious, right-on novel
Review: there are few (dare i say) affected writing styles that i find myself able to digest (pynchon's mason & dixon proved too impossible for me), but this book makes the grade. put aside the improbable illiteracy of jeremy, the hilariously deadpan and naive 10th grade hero, and you will find yourself laughing out loud at more than one passage in this small prize of a novel.
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Summary: Inaccurate and Poorly Written
Review: This book is a poor example of the exaggerations and false generalizations of young America.Being that I just graduated the 10th grade, I admitedly concede that the general population of American teens amounts to not much more than a sex hungry ignorant idiot, the exagerrations put on by the author are far too overbearing. The book takes steps in the wrong direction by assuming the thought process of the author is that of every other person of the age.
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Summary: Incredible! An amazing debut
Review: This book is written from the point of view of a 10th grade boy. This should explain the lack of sentence structure, punctuation, etc. It reads like a journal, daily meanderings from a teenager. I thought it was fabulous, hysterical, and captivating. The main character, Jeremy, is so believable. What makes this book so great is that adults can read it and laugh at the dramas of high school because we now have a little perspective. If you loathe progressive writing and demand perfect grammar and punctuation, I would NOT recommend this book. However, this lack of perfection is what makes this debut so charming. I'm dying to learn more about this author...
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Summary: boo it stinks
Review: this book was written by a tenth grader as he goes through the school year the errors in grammar such as no comas, and his lack of period make the book irritating. pretty much the only accurate thing is how much he thinks about women. Overall I found the book okay but nothing special.
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Summary: great coming of age story
Review: this is an awesome coming of age story. It is told exactly the way a tenth grader would write, bad grammar and all. I loved it! A very creative and interesting, true to life novel.
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Summary: nothing special
Review: This was at a friend's house and I gave it a read, and don't really think it was worth it. It's not bad, it's just there's not really much of anything there. Thin characters, thin plot, really just milking a long laugh about bad grammar. I take it all the good reviews must come from young people. That's fine, but just know it's a teen book, not an adult book.
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Summary: Undecided
Review: Throughout the novel I found myself not sure about the book. I wasn't sure if I enjoyed reading the grammatical errors, or if it really pissed me off. After the first few chapters I realized it's not easy to read the way teenagers speak. I hated the grammatical errors in this book! The book itself was pretty point less. I didn't think this book had much to offer, at all.
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Summary: 10th Grade rules!!
Review: Very funny. Also true and touching. Follows a kid thru the ups and down of one school year -- family trips, soccer team, spanish class, looking at breasts, smoking pot, hiding stuff in the closet, etc. It made me feel like I was in on the secret code between teenage boys. Did I mention it's very funny? Well, it is.
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