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what? Not the Book Lovers Club?!
Looney Tunes is for tv watchers who dont read books.
Looney Tunes is for tv watchers who dont read books.
There should be a book called
I survived Bullying and racism
But Life of a Banana comes close...PP Wongs novel at first seems like a BBC (British Born Chinese) version of Angela's Ashes - shes 12 years old and both her parents are dead, she has a bullying grandma, a depressed Uncle and a mean girl at school who torments her relentlessly. Her brother has joined a BBC version of the Triads. Its tough in the 'hood.
I survived Bullying and racism
But Life of a Banana comes close...PP Wongs novel at first seems like a BBC (British Born Chinese) version of Angela's Ashes - shes 12 years old and both her parents are dead, she has a bullying grandma, a depressed Uncle and a mean girl at school who torments her relentlessly. Her brother has joined a BBC version of the Triads. Its tough in the 'hood.
Ive read two chicklits
one was called Victory Bells for Harpers Girls
the other was called Kew Garden Girls at War
one was world war 1 and the other was set in world war 2 and they were both british, the first in a department store, the second in a botanic garden.
I think of the two, Kew Gardens Girls is better written than Harpers Girls, which is like an ongoing saga, but they pretty much are similar fashion.
However the Kew Gardens Girls did have bombs going off and the Blitz destroying their gardens while Harpers Girls just had do deal with people/customers/employees dying from the Spanish Flu.
one was called Victory Bells for Harpers Girls
the other was called Kew Garden Girls at War
one was world war 1 and the other was set in world war 2 and they were both british, the first in a department store, the second in a botanic garden.
I think of the two, Kew Gardens Girls is better written than Harpers Girls, which is like an ongoing saga, but they pretty much are similar fashion.
However the Kew Gardens Girls did have bombs going off and the Blitz destroying their gardens while Harpers Girls just had do deal with people/customers/employees dying from the Spanish Flu.
The above books were mostly set in London but I decided to branch out and read a book set in ....Birmingham.
This one, called Birmingham Rose, is a bit more realistic. Theres a vicars daughter in it whos friends with the protagonist and already the poor heroine has endured a workplace rape, pregnancy and the death of her son, while her dad has PTSD from the first world war and doesnt want to have to live through the second.
Its all rather grim. And these were the days before 'birth control' so her poor mother just has baby after baby after baby. That they cant afford. On the interesting side, if you really want to know what its like living in a slum in Birmingham it will transport you there. I hope it will get better...it has to, its fiction.
This one, called Birmingham Rose, is a bit more realistic. Theres a vicars daughter in it whos friends with the protagonist and already the poor heroine has endured a workplace rape, pregnancy and the death of her son, while her dad has PTSD from the first world war and doesnt want to have to live through the second.
Its all rather grim. And these were the days before 'birth control' so her poor mother just has baby after baby after baby. That they cant afford. On the interesting side, if you really want to know what its like living in a slum in Birmingham it will transport you there. I hope it will get better...it has to, its fiction.
I think I need to read a Wilbur Smith or a Sidney Sheldon
I once divided the paperpbacks at the bookshop all into 'male books' and 'female books' as there is a definite divide between the two. Men never read chicklit and women almost never read action/adventure.
But it seems both men and women will both read crime, however, as it seems there is equal opportunity in crime.
It used to be comics were only ever for boys and any female villain/hero had to conform to some outrageous female stereotype. Or make herself into a boy as Georgina did in the Famous Five. Remember 'tomboys'? People dont call them that anymore.
Now, everything is more genderbending but still the same tropes persist. One wildly popular series was the Seven Sisters about a billionaire man who adopted seven daughters each from a different country. Of course that never happens in real life. Each book is about a differnt daughters background but I could never accept or suspend my disbelief at the premise so the first book fell flat for me. Sorry Lucinda Riley. Shes not writing anymore because she died two years ago, but books are still being published in her name.
I once divided the paperpbacks at the bookshop all into 'male books' and 'female books' as there is a definite divide between the two. Men never read chicklit and women almost never read action/adventure.
But it seems both men and women will both read crime, however, as it seems there is equal opportunity in crime.
It used to be comics were only ever for boys and any female villain/hero had to conform to some outrageous female stereotype. Or make herself into a boy as Georgina did in the Famous Five. Remember 'tomboys'? People dont call them that anymore.
Now, everything is more genderbending but still the same tropes persist. One wildly popular series was the Seven Sisters about a billionaire man who adopted seven daughters each from a different country. Of course that never happens in real life. Each book is about a differnt daughters background but I could never accept or suspend my disbelief at the premise so the first book fell flat for me. Sorry Lucinda Riley. Shes not writing anymore because she died two years ago, but books are still being published in her name.
What'd you think of it overall?
You think it's too frightening for children?
How long's it take to read 112pages?
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I dont think its too frightening as actually being there (there is a somewhat happy ending) ? Lauren Tarshis wrote the series and there are several I survived books.
Nazi Invasion, Hurricane Katrina, Japanese Tsunami, Pearl Harbour, Titanic etc.
They also now come in graphic format. Graphics are possibly more frightening since the graphics are meant to be realistic (not cartoony)
112 pages is not that long.
I dont think its too frightening as actually being there (there is a somewhat happy ending) ? Lauren Tarshis wrote the series and there are several I survived books.
Nazi Invasion, Hurricane Katrina, Japanese Tsunami, Pearl Harbour, Titanic etc.
They also now come in graphic format. Graphics are possibly more frightening since the graphics are meant to be realistic (not cartoony)
112 pages is not that long.
Well, I knew a few parents who had no idea what to tell their children about 911, immediately after it happened, because of all the news coverage.
It's a little odd that someone would write a children's book about surviving it, like it was an adventure story. Some might think that's a little inappropriate. So, I guess the author has the entire short story to tell children about it. I wonder what she said... does she answer the question, "why do people do horrible things?" Do you remember what she said? (Or is it when you read a book do you just enjoy it and it's totally gone from memory?)
its not a short story, its a chapter book, and it has some facts at the end. Its about one boys point of view as hes narrating it. His uncle is a firefighter.
it doesnt get into the politics. It was an awful thing that happened. Its more about how the firefighters risked their lives to rescue people.
Its more for 8-10 year olds. I dont think its inapporpriate to write about stuff that really happened. why would you think its inappropriate?
I don't think it's inappropriate. I was just saying I know some would think the concept of 911 as a children's adventure story might be in bad-taste, just because it's a real tragedy of the recent past, where people who suffered from it are still alive. But from your description of it, it doesn't sound like an adventure story but rather a respectful account. I think it's very interesting. Thanks for sharing it.
well you seem to be under the impression its an adventure story. I never said that. Its not its a tragedy or disaster that some survived. Hence title 'I survived....'
Gone with the Wind was all about survival too. Author Margaret Mitchell said that was what it was about, surviving the civil war.
I supoose SOME people might read it as a romance, or even an adventure but its not.
Gone with the Wind was all about survival too. Author Margaret Mitchell said that was what it was about, surviving the civil war.
I supoose SOME people might read it as a romance, or even an adventure but its not.