Marcus lives in a neighborhood filled with gangs and fighting. Ever since his dad left, nothing seems right, and Marcus himself feels like he's falling apart.The best part of this short, illustrated, verse novel is the voice of the main character's first person narration. As I read, I could actually hear Marcus's voice saying the words in my head.
Me an' him got to havin' words,Chess Rumble is touching and real. It's a free verse novel that wouldn't have been as good if the author had tried writing it in prose. I look forward to future books by G. Neri.
and I told him to stay away
from my sister
or I'd pound him for real.
I became
his new number one
enemy
after that,
and he been after me
ever since.
7 comments:
hmmm.. do you think Amy would like that?
Sure! I mean, I don't know for certain, but I think possibly she would. :)
That sounds like it's really good. :D
Wow, you really fly through those books. How many do you have to read for each Cybil list?
I tagged you for a meme!
Pickles - there were 73 nominated books in the Middle Grade fiction category, which is the category I'm a panelist for this year. There are 7 panelists per category. Each book has to be read by 1 or 2 people. So far I've read 35 of the 73. :)
This sounds really good! I'm glad my library's getting it. :-)
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