Rating: 
Summary: Reality Stretch
Review: The book `Stotan' starts off with a swimming team practicing to become Stotans or a cross Stoic and a Spartan. There is a wild love twist between the main character, Walker, Deveene, and Walker's best girl friend Elaine (girl friend as in a friend who is a girl). The main theme of the book to me and many others I know is that you can't always fight what you up against but you just have to go with the flow.
When I read the book 'Stotan' it felt pretty blah I mean other than telling people on how to live his or her life there is nothing exciting about the book. One of the reasons I disliked the book is that it just combines way to many issues, conflicts, and themes into on tiny 183 paged book. The book takes reality and stretches it a little to far for my taste, so that is why I only give the book a total of three stars.
Rating: 
Summary: Wonderful and enjoyable
Review: This book was required for me to read in a college literature class and I was not looking forward to it because I do not enjoy reading sports books but I was surprisingly wrong. This book is a very fast read and is very poignant. There are 5 very relatable characters that each have unique stories that draw the reader in. Even though the parts about the swimming were a little foreign to me, they were not too confusing to throw you off. I could find people that I know that are in each of these characters and I am female so it is not just a boy book. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants a good book and a wonderful story.
Rating: 
Summary: Stotan is a great book
Review: This book was very remarkable. There are twists and turns around every page. The author did a very significant job writing all the tragic issues such as racism and domestic abuse. The book also talks about relationships and how to deal with almost the worst thing that they can throw at you. Stotan week is a week that Jeff, Lion, Nortie, and Walker have to deal with athletic and emotional roller coasters. In the beginning the book was a little unorganized. The book was a little slow in the beginning. It improved greatly towards the middle and even more in the end. I am recommending this book to older children, 12-17. It is a very short yet good book.
Rating:
Summary: Stotan is a great book
Review: This book was very remarkable. There are twists and turns around every page. The author did a very significant job writing all the tragic issues such as racism and domestic abuse. The book also talks about relationships and how to deal with almost the worst thing that they can throw at you. Stotan week is a week that Jeff, Lion, Nortie, and Walker have to deal with athletic and emotional roller coasters. In the beginning the book was a little unorganized. The book was a little slow in the beginning. It improved greatly towards the middle and even more in the end. I am recommending this book to older children, 12-17. It is a very short yet good book.
Rating:
Summary: A Great Book-Not the best
Review: When I first started to read this book, it was kinda boring, but most books are boring to me when I first start reading them anyways. As the book progressed, you got to know and learn about the characters and what they do and what they like. As I started to get interested into the characters, that's when the book got interesting. The book teaches several good lessens in life. The book also has several subplots which also makes it more interesting. This is a nice short book that is completly worth your time. I suggest you read this book.
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