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Dede Crane

Autor/a de Poster Boy

7 obres 85 Membres 3 Ressenyes

Obres de Dede Crane

Poster Boy (2009) 25 exemplars
The 25 Pains of Kennedy Baines (2006) 16 exemplars
Sympathy: A Novel (2006) 13 exemplars
One Madder Woman (2020) 6 exemplars
The Cult of Quick Repair (2008) 5 exemplars
Every Happy Family (2013) 5 exemplars

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Sixteen-year-old Gray Fallon’s life is pretty good. He has an awesome basement bedroom/game room/hangout that is the envy of his friends. He’s started dating one of the prettiest, most popular girls in school (an accomplishment for a part-time stoner like himself). He’s got good friends and a pretty nice family. And then the bombshell hits: his little sister is sick. And, in Gray’s eyes, it could have been prevented.

The more Gray researches, the more he realizes that almost everything in his life is carcinogenic. Plastics, fuels, pesticides, meat. The things his family uses and eats every day might be behind his sister’s terminal cancer. So he’s determined to change his life — and his families — adopting a vegitarian diet, ridding the house of things like bleached paper and processed foods. That’s when he meets the couple running an organic farm not far away from his home. He sets up a homestead there in exchange for helping with farm chores. He becomes the poster boy for green living, with which comes media attention. Meanwhile, his mom and dad are struggling to cope with the devastation of the impending death of their daughter, and Gray’s sister just wants a few cheeseburgers and ice cream sundaes while she can still enjoy them.

Deeply moving and beautifully written, this highly literary YA novel is a must-read for fans of Deb Caletti and Matt de la Peña. POSTER BOY by Dede Crane is a fabulous read, from the small press Groundwood Books. If you can’t find it at your local bookstore or library, be sure to place a special order or request it!
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EKAnderson | Dec 23, 2011 |
Reviewed by Randstostipher "tallnlankyrn" Nguyen for TeensReadToo.com

Kennedy Baines feels like her life is just one big pain in the butt. Of course she has some ideas on why that is -- well, actually, twenty-five of them.

Like the fact that she goes along with her friends, which includes her boyfriend, when they feel like shoplifting, even though she knows they can afford to buy it for themselves.

Or how her mother finds it fit to give advice to her best friend in front of everyone on topics that mothers just shouldn't bring up.

And people who think they know it all, when in fact they really don't, which is just plain annoying. It doesn't help, though, when the know-it-all grows on her and turns out to be this really sweet person.

All these pains and so much more, like drugs and alcohol, affairs and cankles, are weighing her down, and even more just might be added when Colin, her mother's best friend's son, comes into town. Sure, he may be the hottest foreigner ever, but looks aren't everything. He might just be the biggest pain of all, especially since Kennedy already has a boyfriend.

Can she handle all of these pains and finally have an ending like the one in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE? Or will the pains just keep on growing?

Quirky, smart, and very easy to relate to, THE 25 PAINS OF KENNEDY BAINES is one novel that will make you laugh, yell, and keep on turning the pages. Out of the twenty-five pains, there is definitely some, maybe even all, that the reader will be able to recognize and relate to. This is one story that should not be overlooked.
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GeniusJen | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Oct 9, 2009 |

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Obres
7
Membres
85
Popularitat
#214,931
Valoració
½ 3.6
Ressenyes
3
ISBN
18

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