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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Very Ordered Existence of Merilee Marvelousdi Suzanne Crowley
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. As a teacher, this book gave me more insight into some of my students with autism. While autism is a spectrum, and not all children are like Merilee, it still helped me get inside their heads for a little while and see the world from their eyes. It is very well-written. I highly recommend it. ( ) Children's fiction; realistic fiction. "Merilee leads a Very Ordered Existence. V.O.E., for short. Her schedule (which must not be altered) includes, among other entries: * School (horrendous) * Litter patrol (30 minutes daily) * Lunch (PB&J and a pickle) * Bottle return (Friday only, at the Piggly Wiggly) * Dame Fiona's meditation show (Saturday only, 6:00 am) "The V.O.E. is all about precision." A girl with Asperger's syndrome (Merilee) has her life in order until three strangers blow into town: an 8-year-old boy (Biswick) with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, his alcoholic poet father, and a woman with a secret (Veraleen). Biswick quickly grows attached to Merilee, throwing her off of her carefully maintained schedule (causing her great distress). Wonderful characters and character development; it was very easy to get wrapped up in the small-town drama of their lives. This book had good character development. I'll give it that. Sadly, it was not interesting. The most interesting part was Merilee's dragons and the little, paragraph-long stories about them we got every few chapters. This book was lacking a plot. The characters did not seem their ages. I'm having trouble believing any of them are over the age of eight even though they are supposed to be thirteen. I understand that Biswick has developmental issues, but I don't the problems for Merilee and Bitsy. Merilee was way too simple for a thirteen-year-old who's supposedly advanced. Every statement she makes a simple observation of the world around her. Her "genius" was the fact that would say a long word like horrendous or marvellous sarcastically when she was annoyed (which was pretty much the whole time). It just made her sound like a broken record. Also, Merilee's V.O.E. did not seem very important to her. She was always blaming them for breaking it when in relatively it seemed like she just got herself distracted and could not handle the blame. Thi, however, was a good point for her character development because she loses her V.O.E. as the story goes on and she starts to take some responsibly for their actions. Also, that cheeto talked about in the beginning had little significance to anything. It doesn't even come into the play until over 100 pages have passed.
Rich writing and multilayered plot and characters are the highlights of this special book. Filled with rich language and endearing characters, I haven't loved a book this much since Ida B. and Each Little Bird That Sings. Crowley is a wonderful storyteller, both in her conversational style and in crafting characters that you can't shake from your thoughts - and don't want to. Marvelous "First time novelist Crowley proves herself a virtuoso at creating an ensemble cast richly adorned with quirky particulars, and several chapter openings have an emphatic absurdity that makes them beg to be read aloud." Premi e riconoscimentiMenzioniElenchi di rilievo
In the small town of Jumbo, Texas, thirteen-year-old Merilee, who has Asperger's Syndrome, tries to live a "Very Ordered Existence," but disruptions begin when a boy and his father arrive in town and the youngster makes himself a part of the family. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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