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Laddar... Boys, Bears, and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots (2010)av Abby McDonald
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. This was a light fun read. The main character grows up over the course of her summer spent in Canada, and I am happy with the way the book ended. ( ) Boys, Bears and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots by Abby McDonald was basically an average YA novel. A teenaged girl named Jenna seeks refuge with her godmother in British Columbia for one summer to avoid the impending domestic disaster of her parents' divorce. Life in the small Canadian town of Stillwater is much different from Jenna's New Jersey home, and not exactly what she expected. There are two major things I enjoyed about Jenna's story, which makes my rating 3/5 stars. First, I enjoyed reading Jenna's priorities shift as her worldview is opened to a new perspective. Getting away from the stress of everyday life and getting into nature can do that, and I feel the author portrayed her transformation pretty realistically. Second, I enjoyed how the author left the conclusion kind of open-ended. Yes, I had questions at the end - like, what's going to happen to Olivia? Was she on drugs? And will Jenna's parents really get divorced? But McDonald took a chance leaving the story hanging with loose strings, and I really felt like it worked in this instance. It captures the uncertainty of teenage life pretty well. Det här är en av LibraryThings förhandsrecensioner. I have to say, I started this book three different times, and I just couldn't get into it. Perhaps it was just the wrong time for me and this book. It's done well at my library.Title: Boys, Bears, and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots Author: Abby McDonald Genre: YA fiction Publishing Information: 304 pages; April 13th, 2010 by Candlewick Press Series: Stand alone Where I got it: E-book from the library One sentence: When Green Teen activist Jenna travels from New Jersey to Canada for the summer, she learns infinite amounts about wilderness survival, boys and compromise. Themes: Summer, romance, environmentalism Main character: 4/5 Jenna was a clever, smart and witty main character who grew into herself as the novel progressed. When it opened, I found her to be passionate and ambitious but rather self-righteous in her cause. Her experiences in Canada really opened her up to the idea of compromise and empathizing with others, which really made her a more enjoyable main character and I loved the moral lesson attached. I also liked how she was willing to stand up for herself- both at the beginning, but especially in a hard scene at the end. Secondary characters: 3/5 A couple of the minor characters seemed really one-sided, including Olivia and Fiona. Although Fiona changes toward the end, she seemed really flat to me at the beginning. Ethan was a really interesting character to read- a genuinely nice guy, with a secret. I wasn’t sure about Reeve at the beginning, but he definitely grew on me. I wish that he had more depth- I felt like I didn’t really know that much about him. Writing style: 4/5 McDonald had a down-to-earth, effortless writing style, chock full of realistic dialogue, clever witticisms and easy action. The first couple chapters were a little heavy on the take-off, but I found that once McDonald settled in, the writing style was easy to read. Plot: 4/5 What a cute little plot! I love the idea of incorporating someone who is so sold in their ideals, particularly about something that’s a little trendy and modern, like the environmentalist movement. While the plot and twists weren’t extremely original, the way that McDonald executed them made them entertaining and fun. And okay, there were a few twists that I for sure didn’t see coming! Ending: 4/5 Not what I expected. I was a little disappointed in Jenna’s relationship decision, but everything wrapped up nicely, so I have nothing else to fault. I enjoyed how the point-of-view changed so we can see some of Jenna’s future. Best scene: Jenna’s confrontation toward the end of the novel Positives: Fun writing style, plot, main character Negatives: Sometimes flat secondary characters, some unoriginal aspects, First Line: “Re-use! Re-duce! Re-cycle!” Cover: Cute! It describes the book perfectly and gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling. Verdict: A perfect summer beach read- the exact amount of cute romance, fun adventure and even some edge-of-your-seat moments. Rating: 7.5 / 10 inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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Jenna may hail from the 'burbs of New Jersey, but Green Teen activism is her life. So when her mom suggests they spend the summer at Grandma's Florida condo, Jenna pleads instead to visit her hippie godmother, Susie, up in rural Canada. Jenna is psyched at the chance to commune with this nature she's heard about -- and the cute, plaidwearing boys she's certain must roam there. But after a few run-ins with local wildlife (from a larger-than-life moose to Susie's sullen Goth stepdaughter to a hot but hostile boy named Reeve), Jenna gets the idea that her long-held ideals, like vegetarianism and conservation, don't play so well with this population of real outdoorsmen. A dusty survival guide offers Jenna amusing tips on navigating the wilderness -- but can she learn to navigate the turns of her heart? Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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