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Summary: Rats Saw God by: Rob Thomas
Review: Steven York is just a regular teenager with a regular life. His father is a famous astronaut named Alan York, his mother is always defending him, and his sister Sarah could not be more involved with her curricular life. They are one happy family, living in their cozy, Cocoa Beach home.
Then a tragic divorce sends Steve to Houston to live with his father, and Sarah to San Diego to live with his mother. Now Steve has to go to a new school, make new friends, and start a new life. But the constant arguing with his father, which he refers to as the "astronaut", isn't helping the situation.
Steve soon becomes involved with a group called "GOD", also known as The Grace Order of Daidists. This is a group representing an unusual and creative form of art. He develops many friendships such as his best friend Doug Chappel, and his teenage love and girlfriend Wanda, or "Dub" Varner. As Steve and Dub become closer and develop a relationship, he drifts away from GOD and his friends, until the point where his life becomes Dub.
GOD soon falls apart, and Steve and Doug throw away their friendship over a fight. To make matters worse, the astronaut has a new girlfriend which seems to anger Steve. On his summer trip to visit his mother and sister in San Diego, he realizes that he is distancing himself from Dub, and he soon finds out that she has cheated on him with their english teacher Mr. Waters.
At this point Steve can't deal with the pain and anger, so he completely leaves his life in Houston at the end of his junior year to go live with his mother and Sarah in San Diego. He completely throws his life away with drugs and alcohol, and his life totally changes. Towards the end of his senior year Steve's guidance counselor gives him the opportunity to write a hundred page essay about anything he wants to write about, to make up an english credit. Steve decides to write a paper about his life.
I think that this book is great for teenagers because it explains the daily problems of life, and it's easy to relate. The journalistic way of the book makes it interesting how two times of his life could have been so different. The constant flashbacks of Steve's life make you think of how it changed so much. This book also shows a lot of foreshadowing which gives clues as to what decisions Steve will make, and how his story is going to end.
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Summary: Well-written and funny
Review: "Rats Saw God" is the very humorous tale of teenager Steve York's life. One English credit short of graduating from high school, Steve is asked by his guidance councelor to write 100 pages on any subject he chooses. After some consideration, he decides to write an autobiography covering his high school years. Alternating back and forth between his current situation in San Diego and his Freshman-Junior years in Clear Lake, Texas; the book tells the tale of Steve's parents' divorce, being sent to live with his famous astronaut father, his dadaist art club, and his first and most memorable romance with Wanda "Dub" Varner. "Rats Saw God" is written with a wonderful, modern voice and very likeable characters. The only complaint I have with this book is how quickly the last few pages (covering the time after Steve's graduation) were wrapped up.
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Summary: crack is bad and so is steve
Review: i liked this book. Although this isn't a booka i would read over and over again. The crack was not a good topic in the book it didn't really help with the plot, they put pot in there becuase they needed issues.
Overall this book was very good i gave it 5out of five stars. ...
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Summary: A book of self-discovery
Review: Steve York is a troubled teen who is one English credit short for graduation. He must either go to summer school or write a 100 page paper, topic of his choice, for his school counselor. He decides to write the paper. His topic: how he got where he is. The story goes back and forth between his current life, his senior year in California and when his troubles began, his sophmore year in Texas. Central to the story is his relationship with his father, a famous astronaut.Steve and "the astronaut" have a difficult relationship. He blames his father for his parents divorce. They do all they can to avoid each other and yet still live in the same house. Thomas' description of the emotional life of adolescents rings very true. The embarrassing moments among friends, the sweating palms when meeting your dates parents, the ackwardness of the first kiss, and the sting of having your heart broken. In the end Steve York discovers all he can be and more importantly who he is in the eyes of his dad.
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Summary: Review of Rats Saw God
Review: The way that this book is written, you can't really say that you are going to stop "at the end of this chapter." There are no actual chapters. Taking place in two different years- one of which is the present time of the book, and one the essay that the main character is writing- it goes back and forth, sometimes with as little as two paragraphs in a section.
The book is mainly about Steve York, a San Diego senior in high school, who is failing, bummed out about life, and at the beginning he has a constant high. It goes back and forth between him in the present, and him as a sophomore student in Houston, Texas, who is popular at school, and is liked by everyone, who has a great girlfriend, and a lot of close friends- the only bad thing about his life, is that he lives with his father, Alan York, who is a world famous astronaut. Steve almost always calls his father "the astronaut".
A no-nonsense counselor, Mr. Demouy, tells him that if he writes a hundred page paper on the topic of his choice, that he can graduate from high school, and get his missing English credit. Through out the book, Demouy and Steve become close.
The book takes place in two different times and places, the late eighties, in Houston, Texas, and about nineteen ninety, in San Diego, California. In Texas, Steve lives in a suburb, in a large house, that has boxes that were never unpacked scattered through out it. And in San Diego, he lives with his mother- who is never home, for she travels with her husband (a pilot) almost all the time- and his sister, who turns out to be a major part of the story. Steve hates it at his dad's house, and doesn't care- mainly because he is (or was) high all the time- about where he lives in San Diego.
I loved this book, but it isn't for everyone. With the many sexual and drug innuendos, some people wouldn't be able to handle it. The book goes by quite fast, I read it in two days, and I'm not the best of readers. It is definitely written for teenagers in mind, although some adults may like it.
I learned many lessons from the book. One of which is that for two people to truly have a connection, words don't have to be a major thing in their relationship. As Steve finds out, a person who you might say a few words to on an occasional basis, and who your conversations never last more than a few sentences, may have one of the biggest connections to you out of any one in the world. Sometimes words aren't needed to have a connection.
The author developed the plot very well, although not in the most conventional of ways. The characters were also developed very well. I felt as though I truly knew Steve and his family. The situation is something that could definitely happen in the real world.
The book mixes humor, romance, life learned lessons, and serious subject matter all into one big web that somehow all fits together perfectly. I highly recommend every one to read it.
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Summary: Gosh, this kid is messed up!
Review: Wow! I don't know what I expected when I started to read this book, but it completely broke all the barriers- and not in such a bad way, either.To just give you a simple overview, this is about a kid who is having a pretty crummy life; his dad is trying to rule his existence and make him carry on the family name, his sister is trying to be perfect, his girlfriend (who he loved, by the way) cheated on him with one of his friends, and a whole bunch of other stuff that just makes you open up your eyes. He's extremely smart, yet he doesn't apply himself. He's stoned for pretty much the entire school day... which is the reason why he gets sent to a counselor's office and is given the assignment of writing a hundred page essay on anything that he wants to. He decides to write an autobiography. My opinion? I definitely would not read this if you're not at least in high school... some of the themes are kind of mature. But, if you can handle it, a really good story just sort of pops out:)
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Summary: Review of Rats Saw God
Review: The way that this book is written, you can't really say that you are going to stop "at the end of this chapter." There are no actual chapters. Taking place in two different years- one of which is the present time of the book, and one the essay that the main character is writing- it goes back and forth, sometimes with as little as two paragraphs in a section.
The book is mainly about Steve York, a San Diego senior in high school, who is failing, bummed out about life, and at the beginning he has a constant high. It goes back and forth between him in the present, and him as a sophomore student in Houston, Texas, who is popular at school, and is liked by everyone, who has a great girlfriend, and a lot of close friends- the only bad thing about his life, is that he lives with his father, Alan York, who is a world famous astronaut. Steve almost always calls his father "the astronaut".
A no-nonsense counselor, Mr. Demouy, tells him that if he writes a hundred page paper on the topic of his choice, that he can graduate from high school, and get his missing English credit. Through out the book, Demouy and Steve become close.
The book takes place in two different times and places, the late eighties, in Houston, Texas, and about nineteen ninety, in San Diego, California. In Texas, Steve lives in a suburb, in a large house, that has boxes that were never unpacked scattered through out it. And in San Diego, he lives with his mother- who is never home, for she travels with her husband (a pilot) almost all the time- and his sister, who turns out to be a major part of the story. Steve hates it at his dad's house, and doesn't care- mainly because he is (or was) high all the time- about where he lives in San Diego.
I loved this book, but it isn't for everyone. With the many sexual and drug innuendos, some people wouldn't be able to handle it. The book goes by quite fast, I read it in two days, and I'm not the best of readers. It is definitely written for teenagers in mind, although some adults may like it.
I learned many lessons from the book. One of which is that for two people to truly have a connection, words don't have to be a major thing in their relationship. As Steve finds out, a person who you might say a few words to on an occasional basis, and who your conversations never last more than a few sentences, may have one of the biggest connections to you out of any one in the world. Sometimes words aren't needed to have a connection.
The author developed the plot very well, although not in the most conventional of ways. The characters were also developed very well. I felt as though I truly knew Steve and his family. The situation is something that could definitely happen in the real world.
The book mixes humor, romance, life learned lessons, and serious subject matter all into one big web that somehow all fits together perfectly. I highly recommend every one to read it.
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Summary: rats saw god
Review: the book rats saw god is an awasome book because it is about a kid whos life is runed by his parents. his parents get seperated and he lives with his mom. this all caused him to act out by letting his grades drop and he started using drugs. he would go to school and get in to truble because he would smell like pot and his eyes would look huge. The counslers office was one of his favirote places during school because he could tell them everything and no one would really care.over all this book was a realy awasome book.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: This is a wonderful book. Thats just the simple way to say it. The emotions run deep, you feel for the characters. When steve cried, so did I. I read this book because my friend let me read the first lines of it, and when you see those lines in a book, you can't turn away from it. I totally recomemend this book to ANY teenager
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Summary: Brutally Excellent
Review: To put it simply, this book is amazing.
It is the story of Steven York, the son of a famous astronaut. His parents are divorced, his mom lives in San Diego and his dad lives in Houston. Steven is a high-school Senior who, for the first to years, was a model student. Now, he is high most of the time,flunking most of his classes, and is looking at a life flipping burgers. To preserve his college chances, he has to write a 100 page essay on a topic of his choice. He decides to tell his life story. From his first years of high school in Houston to his girlfriend's betrayl and his non-stop drive from Houston to San Diego. This is a really great book! I finished it less than one day, and anyone who reads should read it.
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