Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson
Auteur de Target
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson
Die Parallelwelt der Lügner 1 exemplaire
Target 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The World of the Golden Compass: The Otherworldly Ride Continues (2007) — Contributeur — 66 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1950
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Washington, D.C., USA
Membres
Discussions
Teen boy raped. à Name that Book (Juillet 2010)
Critiques
I'm surprised with all the fantasy and werewolf craze this book hasn't made a comeback. It was published a little too early to match with the shape-shifter craze.
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storyteller1020 | 1 autre critique | Jan 28, 2011 |
storyteller1020 | 1 autre critique | Jan 28, 2011 | 
A slim but excellent portrait of the impact of sexual assault on an adolescent boy. People tend to forget that men can be raped too, and not just in prison. When it happens, the shame and the sense of isolation are usually much worse than it would be for a woman. I thought Grady's misery and silence was very well-handled, and the supporting characters were also fully fleshed out and not just flat indistinguishable paper dolls like they are in a lot of YA books about high school students.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 8
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 339
- Popularité
- #70,285
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 11
- ISBN
- 14
The author kept tugging at the heart strings as the book went on and I read how this teen tried to cope with what had happened. I feel like the author really knew what might be going on in someone's head after such an instance. It was a tough emotional read, but one that was worth it and I believe is in need so that an unspoken topic is not hidden so much.… (plus d'informations)