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Kristen D. Randle

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9+ opere 538 membri 19 recensioni 2 preferito

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Opere di Kristen D. Randle

Smitty (1995) 359 copie
Breaking Rank (1999) 93 copie
Slumming (2003) 62 copie
One song for two (1984) 7 copie
Home Again (1981) 4 copie
The Lady and the Fool (2012) 1 copia

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Turning Hearts: Short Stories on Family Life (1994) — Collaboratore — 21 copie

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Kind of melodramatic, and the dialogue is outdated even for the 90s. Still, this is a very well-meaning effort at depicting mental health issues/PTSD. Of course, the character with the issues is worth saving because he is a gifted young man, seen through the eyes of a smitten female protagonist. I would have liked to read about a protagonist who narrates their own story, a female lead who has serious issues of her own, or a mentally ill person who is worthy of help even if they aren't especially gifted. When this book was written, it was apparently a bit too soon to subvert all those tropes in one novel. Maybe it still is.… (altro)
 
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soulforged | 10 altre recensioni | Jan 7, 2024 |
3.5 stars

When Ginny and her family move across the country when Ginny is in grade 12, she does not want to go, and is lonely. She becomes friends with her neighbour, Caulder. There is an odd boy at school, Smitty, who doesn’t talk. None of the kids have ever known him to talk. Not only that, he doesn’t show emotion or any kind of reaction to anything. He is, however, very smart. Ginny is a bit reluctant, but Caulder insists on introducing her to Smitty. The premise behind them visiting is that Ginny needs help with math (she really does!), and Smitty is able to help by showing her how to figure it out on paper. Caulder and Ginny eventually consider themselves “friends” with Smitty, but something soon goes wrong…

I liked this. Ginny and Caulder frustrated me at times when (I felt that) they pushed Smitty too hard or just couldn’t seem to understand why he was having trouble, but I guess – teenagers? And I sometimes wondered what the psychologist was thinking, but what do I know!? I did love the interactions between Ginny and her brothers, though. The last bit of the book picked up a bit with a confrontation, but it wasn’t quite enough to bring my rating up to 4 stars. 3.5 stars is still good for me, though. I liked it.
… (altro)
½
 
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LibraryCin | 10 altre recensioni | Jan 16, 2022 |
Pretty decent book I read with my 8th graders. The book drew mixed reviews from them, but they are the most reluctant readers. I think they enjoyed the story but maybe had hopes for a different ending. One character in the book has a family member with Down Syndrome & I enjoyed that connection and used it as a teachable moment for the kids to understand that a little better. Some heavy stuff in the book that was difficult to discuss. Kids handled it OK though.
 
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CSKteach | 3 altre recensioni | Jul 20, 2018 |

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