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Bryan Bliss

Författare till We'll Fly Away

7 verk 355 medlemmar 13 recensioner

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Bryan Bliss is the author of four young adult novels, including We'll Fly Away, which was longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award. He has nearly twenty years of youth ministry experience and is a graduate of Vanderbilt Divinity School, the creative writing program at Seattle Pacific University, visa mer and is currently pursuing a doctorate in public theology at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. visa färre

Verk av Bryan Bliss

We'll Fly Away (2018) 155 exemplar
No Parking at the End Times (2015) 102 exemplar
Meet Me Here (2016) 51 exemplar
Thoughts & Prayers (2020) 39 exemplar
t.b.d. think.believe.do: sin (2018) 1 exemplar

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Luke and Toby are in their senior year in high school dreaming of leaving their small town together when life begins to pull them apart. Their story is emotional explores tough topics like abuse, first love, friendship, and consequences. This heartbreaking book is told through letters from death row and a third person narrative showing the events that land a teenager on death row. Would recommend to mature students because of language, abuse, and sexual content.
 
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amholland | 4 andra recensioner | Feb 23, 2023 |
"Thoughts & Prayers" was three short stories, each focusing on a student hiding under some stairs during a school shooting twelve months ago. I was hoping the author would bring the stories together in some way at the end to make Thoughts & Prayers feel more like a novel, which he didn't do.

I enjoyed following the two girls' journeys as they struggled with the trauma and memories of that fateful day, but Bezzel left me cold. I couldn't get interested in all the gaming and ended up just skimming his story. I read somewhere that this novel was a great example of how to deal with loss, but it didn't do it for me. I have read much better.… (mer)
 
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HeatherLINC | 1 annan recension | Oct 15, 2022 |
teen realistic fiction (friendship, poverty/physical abuse, circumstances leading to incarceration)
It seemed to be well written, but my brain was having trouble connecting to the characters (probably too much background noise at the time). Maybe I will try this again later.
 
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reader1009 | 4 andra recensioner | Jul 3, 2021 |
I was intrigued by this book from the start, especially when I realised that Luke was writing to his friend from prison. Why was he there? What terrible crime had he committed? It wasn't long before I realised that Luke was not just in prison, he was on death row. I had to read more! And so I followed, the tragic, heart-wrenching story of Luke and Toby, and the events that led to Luke's arrest.

These two boys had very few positives in their lives except each other. Toby's father was a drunk and a brute who would take his anger out on his son. Luke had two gorgeous little brothers but his mother wasn't the most reliable and was certainly not Mother of the Year material. However, Luke was a protector and would do anything for his brothers and best friend.

The love, trust and loyalty Toby and Luke shared moved me. It was something pure and special which made the ending that more tragic. I will definitely be looking for more books by this author. A powerful read!
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Verk
7
Medlemmar
355
Popularitet
#67,468
Betyg
½ 3.5
Recensioner
13
ISBN
26
Språk
1

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