Carrie Arcos
Autore di Out of Reach
Opere di Carrie Arcos
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Albany, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Attività lavorative
- teacher
writer
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Books is set during the Cold War and follows a group of high schoolers who were part of a Skywatchers club. This club was charged with watching the sky for signs of Russian missile. Much to their surprise the became apart of a UFOP mystery instead. These four students formed an unbreakable bond and loyalty to each other. the majority of this title deals with the disappearance of the teen and their subsequent memory-loss when they return. Aliens do make an appearance near the end of the title.
Book introduces the reader to Cold War era history in California. Does contain sensitive topics of death before the age of 18, political conflict, war, gambling, infidelity, internment camps, teen drinking, teen and adults smoking.
Recommended for upper middle and high school readers who enjoy history and sci-fiction readings.… (altro)
Book introduces the reader to Cold War era history in California. Does contain sensitive topics of death before the age of 18, political conflict, war, gambling, infidelity, internment camps, teen drinking, teen and adults smoking.
Recommended for upper middle and high school readers who enjoy history and sci-fiction readings.… (altro)
Accessible read about addiction, from the perspective of the sister of an addict. Appreciated that there wasn't a tidy ending to this story, as addiction recovery is rarely tidy. At the same time, the story felt complete even without the tidy ending--I didn't finish hoping for a sequel, which to me is the mark of quality storytelling.
teen realistic fiction/missing meth-addicted brothers and teen drama. Considering the topic, I figured this would grab my attention within the first few pages, but I was underwhelmed to the point of not even bothering to stick it out through my usual minimum of 50 pages. It's a National Book Award finalist, but that means a lot less when you find out that authors must pay fees to have their books considered for the honor.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 8
- Utenti
- 412
- Popolarità
- #59,116
- Voto
- 3.4
- Recensioni
- 18
- ISBN
- 40
- Lingue
- 2
The first third had quite a few info dumps which felt unnecessary and could have been blended better into the story. If you are interested in the Cold War aspect, then you will need to look elsewhere as it barely made an impact on the story aside from giving the kids a reason to see something in the sky. The part where the kids went missing and were trying to piece together what happened was okay, then the big reveal happened (which was admittedly really interesting) and I felt engaged, but then it quickly moved back to lots of 'telling'. The actual idea is very cool but it is delivered through lots of explaining. Sorry, not for me.… (altro)