Zazoo

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Summary: bad!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: This is a depressing book about a girl but the author is a man, so she just doesn't work. They all act like grownups. This is dreary book that will leave you asking, why was i stupid enough to be lured by the pretty cover?

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Summary: Zazoo
Review: This was a touching and inspiring book about an adopted Vietnamese girl living with and elderly man in France. After meeting a boy named Marius, her past and the past of her close ones begin to unfold. I loved reading her poetry and trying to guess what really happened to her in the past.

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Summary: Flowing
Review: This was a very good book. It has a little bit of everything, and the poems are awesome.

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Summary: Interesting
Review: This was a very interesting read. It's about a Korean girl, who's living with her grandfather (he's not really her grandfather. You have to read it to find out ;)). Zazoo is going through life and tries to understand her past and try to find out what happened to her parents and why her grandfather hates talking about certain things. It's a good book. It's a little different.

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Summary: Sweet.
Review: This was an easy read that was satisfying. If you're more mature, which I am, you'd enjoy reading Louis Sachar or Susanna Vance more .

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Summary: Something Different
Review: This was such a good book. I dont know where to start! Zazoo is so different from teenagers today (maybe all the French are like that though). She actually has an adventurouse life with out even leaving home. Richard Mosher did such a good job writting this book, I was suprized how well he wrote about a girl, of all things. When I finished reading it I wanted to read it again. I must say if you like Love stories (not just between two young people but between family)you will love this story. I wish I could tell you how good it was, and of course I have tried. I suggest that anyone who is able to read english should read this!!

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Summary: Excellent Young Adult Reading
Review: Zazoo is a 13-year-old Vietnamese girl who lives with her adoptive French grandfather in a romantic Normandy setting, surrounded by natural beauty and fascinated by the mysterious, at times oppressive past of the land and its people. Somewhere in the transition from 13 to 14, Zazoo starts on her own journey of discovery to find her roots, and to solve the riddle of her grandfather's past. The novel is a lyrical narrative with several story threads bound together in a web of reminiscences that spring from the minds of different characters, each revealing different aspects of the truth. Behind the appearance of a peaceful countryside existence, the reader discovers the intense emotional lives of the main characters, each one on a quest of self discovery.
The book starts as a promise for teen romance, however, as it progresses, it unveils a complex tapestry of past events unfolding in a slowly revealing drama, expanding in time over generations and cultures. Several motifs are apparent in the book: the horror and senselessness of war, the devastating consequences of prejudice and intolerance, the healing power of love and forgiveness, and the beauty of friendship. The pictorial fabric of the book and its subtle blend of prose and poetry ensure the novel's final unifying design. The contemplative, static nature of Richard Mosher's novel may not appeal to all readers. Brief descriptions of violence (atrocities of WWII) are unsuitable for younger readers.

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Summary: AMAZING!
Review: Zazoo may be Vietnamese by birth but she has been raised French, and this is how she thinks of herself. Orphaned when she was very young, Zazoo has spent 12 of her 14 years living in a sleepy little village in France with her adoptive grandfather, Grand-Pierre. Zazoo and Grand-Pierre share many things and two great loves: poetry and sailing on the canal where they share duties as lock-keepers.

Early one October morning, while taking a swim, Zazoo meets Marius, an elusive bicyclist who asks questions about local pharmacist Monsieur Klein. Because Marius cannot stay for very long, Zazoo agrees to find out the answer for him. Zazoo starts to investigate Monsieur Klein, and along the way, many other questions arise. What did Grand-Pierre do during World War II? Why do the villagers treat him with respect mixed with fear? And what are the mysteries of Zazoo's own origins? Before the end of the book, Zazoo learns more about her adoptive grandfather and their little village than anyone ever would have guessed.

Sometimes the best books are the ones with slow pace storylines. This is the case with ZAZOO by Richard Mosher. Told through the eyes of its title character, Zazoo is a sweet, quiet story about war, love, and how time really can heal all things.

--- Reviewed by Kat, Reading Diva


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Summary: Zazoo shimmers!
Review: Zazoo, a 13 year old Vietnamese girl who has been adopted by an old French man (she calls her grandfather), sees a binocular boy, Maurice, riding a bike along the canal who stops and talks to her. Her subsequent long-distance relationship with Maurice changes her relationship with both her grandfather and Monsieur Klein, the pharmacist who provides the thyroid pills for her grandfather.
Zazoo's grandfather is reminiscent of the grandfather in Gentlehands by M. E. Kerr. Mosher, however, has woven a more intricate, delicate and rich plot around the threads of war and remembrance.
This poignant dual love story speaks of war and peace, friendship and silence, love, hate and forgiveness in a stirringly poetic manner. As a librarian I read numerous young adult novels each year. This is the finest I have read in a long time. Reading Zazoo is like eating an exquisitely prepared meal. A sheer delight!

Rating:
Summary: Zazoo shimmers!
Review: Zazoo, a 13 year old Vietnamese girl who has been adopted by an old French man (she calls her grandfather), sees a binocular boy, Maurice, riding a bike along the canal who stops and talks to her. Her subsequent long-distance relationship with Maurice changes her relationship with both her grandfather and Monsieur Klein, the pharmacist who provides the thyroid pills for her grandfather.
Zazoo's grandfather is reminiscent of the grandfather in Gentlehands by M. E. Kerr. Mosher, however, has woven a more intricate, delicate and rich plot around the threads of war and remembrance.
This poignant dual love story speaks of war and peace, friendship and silence, love, hate and forgiveness in a stirringly poetic manner. As a librarian I read numerous young adult novels each year. This is the finest I have read in a long time. Reading Zazoo is like eating an exquisitely prepared meal. A sheer delight!