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Release gave me Boy Erased vibes (I’m yet to read the book but am thinking of the movie with the threat of anti gay conversion camps). Adam his father is the preacher of a evangelical church, making the situation of his son being gay quite problematic. We have very profound sentences on the uncertainties that gay children go through in respect to their parents, like: So aside from all the sex—which honestly I prefer in YA because it’s much more relatable to me—the plot is intense!

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Between his religious family, a deeply unpleasant ultimatum from his boss, and his own unrequited love for his sort-of ex, Enzo, it seems as though Adam's life is falling apart. At least he has two people to keep him sane: his new boyfriend (he does love Linus, doesn't he?) and his best friend, Angela. Obviously, I could not review this book and not talk about the dragons. There are two main ones in ‘Burn’ and they remain quite mysterious through the book but we slowly learn more about them and their society. The dragon that works on Sarah’s farm in particular was one of the best characters in the book in my opinion, he had a strong sense of duty and was involved in one very satisfying moment which I won’t go into because of spoilers. Both of the dragons played an integral part to the story and the way things ended with the dragons (and many of the characters) just screams out for a sequel. There’s so much that happens in an eight chapter novel, it’s a little hard to keep up. In fact, if you asked me to recount all that happened in the book, I probably wouldn’t be able to. (And it’s been about an hour since I finished it.) FBI Agents Woolf and Dernovich have been given the task of finding the assassin and stopping him after he killed some of their men with the help of a dragon.This book's self-awareness lends its events a dreamlike feel. Though it functions as an accessible, standalone coming-of-age story, awareness of its influences makes for a layered reading experience." - The Horn Book Ness has such a skill for seamlessly blending reality with more fantastical elements and yet maintaining the focus on real-world ambivalence with his running social commentary. Despite the plot being distinctly other-worldly this also opened up historical international conflicts as well as the sexism, racism, and homophobia rampant in this 1950's American setting. How Ness showcased and overcame this xenophobia was extraordinary and my favourite part of the book.

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Burn’ is one of those books where I think it’s best to go into it knowing as little as possible. It’s set in an alternate 1950s America during the Cold War and Sarah Dewhurst’s father has just hired a dragon to help on their farm. The Dragon has motives other than the money he will be paid though, Sarah is mentioned in a prophecy that could mean the end of the world. The Knife of Never Letting Go was received with near universal praise for its originality and narration from critics such as Ian Chipman from Booklist and Megan Honig from The School Library Journal. [9] [10] In een actiefilm werkt het geweldig goed, verschillende verhaallijnen en scènes die kort/kort/langer/lang/kort duren. Ze geven het geheel ritme. Ze zorgen voor spanning en voortgang. In ‘Burn’ stoorden de verschillende verhaallijnen en het korte/korte/langere/lange/korte me op den duur. Dan was ik eens een paar bladzijden in het gezelschap van een van de vele personages en bleek ik weer te moeten switchen naar een geheel ander personage en een andere drive, zonder dat ik een verandering van kleur hoorde.

I will try to sensitively separate the valid, heartbreaking circumstances Adam experiences with the treatment they’re given in this story. I’m not sure whether Ness intentionally provided Adam with the broadest, most stereotypical representations of Evil - his sleazy, predator boss (complete with pedo-stache), and truly awful, bible-wielding family - and Good - his perfectly supportive, open-minded best friend’s family and longsuffering angel boyfriend. Maybe it was a purposeful choice to make Adam himself seem more genuine in contrast; he is believably irritating and self-obsessed in the way most teenagers are. I find that between the near-caricaturization of the supporting players and the everything-and-the-kitchen-sink-stuffed-into-a-single-day plot (baby mama drama, workplace sexual assault, coming out, casting out demons, lots of sex, more than one friend moving away), Adam's story is done a disservice. Ron Rash is renowned for his writing about Appalachia, but his latest book, The Caretaker, begins ... I felt the author did a superb job in this area and I hope people don’t come away from it feeling like there’s just too much religion in this novel and I hope you can see it for what it is: it’s real, this is real people’s lives. It was my life, these were my family’s reactions when they discovered that their daughter with a promise ring (save yourself for marriage ring), was not only “experimenting with girls” (not my words) but also quite sexually active with boys as well and at a rather young age too. Even my older brother cried when he found out....I’ve never been the same since—that shame *shudders/barfs* Guardian children's fiction prize relaunched: Entry details and list of past winners", The Guardian, 12 March 2001. Retrieved 8 August 2012. LoveReading4Kids exists because books change lives, and buying books through LoveReading4Kids means you get to change the lives of future generations, with 25% of the cover price donated to schools in need. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives.