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Obres de Mel Glenn

Split Image (2000) 69 exemplars
CLASS DISMISSED II (1986) 19 exemplars
MY FRIEND'S GOT PROBLEM CL (1991) 9 exemplars
PLAY BY PLAY (1986) 8 exemplars
Cecilia Dowling 1 exemplars
ONE ORDER TO GO (1984) 1 exemplars

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Data de naixement
1943-05-10
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male

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Much the same as the first volume.
 
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aratiel | Sep 5, 2018 |
I personally weeded this from my old library because it was SO outdated. Published in 1982, the poems are terrible. I suppose they would have been an accurate portrayal of high school students in the early 80s, but they are a bit offensive and sexist today. But it is the pictures of the kids that make this book hilariously dated. Big hair, huge thick glasses, and chest hair peeking through open shirts.
 
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aratiel | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Sep 5, 2018 |
A look at the power of stereotypes of all kinds (racial, cultural, sexual, etc.) and how they can color one’s thinking.

In rural, routine Hudson Landing, the biggest stirs are the big new supermarket and Kristen Clarke, the beautiful daughter of the supermarket manager. Now something new is happening with the “foreign exchange” weekend in which high school kids from the big city are invited to spend time matched with a Hudson Landing peer. But after the dance, Kristen’s body is found in the lake, a victim of murder. Everyone assumes Kwame, the African-American boy from the city, did it because he was at the scene. It turns out it was the alcoholic city council member, Oliver Nesbitt whose little grocery was failing because of the supermarket.
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Salsabrarian | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Feb 2, 2016 |
I'd give this a 2.5 if it were possible. I typically love novels in verse because some of the poems, or a set of poems, are just so well done--I may linger on a few and relish the technique. However, this was just like Witness (Hesse) in that you have to keep track of like 20 different characters, with barely enough development for any of them to really stand out. As with Witness, the plot is almost entirely implicit, requiring a great degree of inference ability on the part of the reader (so no low-level readers for this one). The mystery aspect of the plot lacked suspense, probably due to the lack of a detective & clues. I figured out who killed Kristin Clarke early in, but later realized that possible motives were being suggested about most of the characters and considered the possibility of each for just a fleeting moment. The confession came too soon, rendering the same effect as a Scooby Doo mystery.

It wasn't completely useless, though, as it portrayed some themes very effectively, with the use of poems from multiple voices with similar structure & diction juxtaposed, like the disadvantages of life in small towns (the way the people interact), universal issues faced by teens from all backgrounds (a stereotype-buster), racism, and how gossip (or "the media") can lead to hysteria.

My overall reaction is: Hmmmm....interesting. And that's about it.
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engpunk77 | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Aug 10, 2015 |

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Obres
14
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3
Membres
416
Popularitat
#58,580
Valoració
½ 3.4
Ressenyes
22
ISBN
19

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