Tyson Rua has more than his fair share of problems growing up in South Auckland. Working a night job to support his mother and helping bring up ... read full description
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Jan 10, 2012
Jo
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“There had to be something to take the taste off life.”
Initial Final Page Thoughts.
Sounds good to me too, Tyson.
High Points.
Boys, boys, boys! Seriously, there are two females in this book and it’s brilliant. I always forget how annoying YA girls are. But yeah… Tyson, Marc, Rawiri, Ihaia…. All of them . As a city girl myself, the urban setting was greatly appreciated. Auckland slang (Although I had to admit that I still don’t understand how the word ‘bro’ can be pr More...
Initial Final Page Thoughts.
Sounds good to me too, Tyson.
High Points.
Boys, boys, boys! Seriously, there are two females in this book and it’s brilliant. I always forget how annoying YA girls are. But yeah… Tyson, Marc, Rawiri, Ihaia…. All of them . As a city girl myself, the urban setting was greatly appreciated. Auckland slang (Although I had to admit that I still don’t understand how the word ‘bro’ can be pr More...
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Nov 17, 2011
Laura
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We all dream. Grand or small the dreams keep us up and moving through the day. But they can get lost or forgotten so easily in the harsh monotony of the day to day struggle to live and work. How do we keep dreaming when everything seems to shout out—“Why bother?”
Tama Wise’s Street Dreams tells the story of Tyson Rua growing up in a hard neighborhood in Auckland, New Zealand. A neighborhood filled with pain, poverty, violence in the homes and out, hip hop, breaking, work, graffiti, More...
Tama Wise’s Street Dreams tells the story of Tyson Rua growing up in a hard neighborhood in Auckland, New Zealand. A neighborhood filled with pain, poverty, violence in the homes and out, hip hop, breaking, work, graffiti, More...
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Jan 20, 2012
Anastasia
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This review was originally posted at Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog on January 20, 2012.
The problem (if it can be called a "problem") with reading so many great books in a short amount of time is that the books that aren't great but are still good seem even less good than they normally would if they'd were read after a streak of sucky books. Do you know what I mean? Street Dreams isn't a bad book. I just wasn't as wowed with it as I wanted to be.
I liked Tyson! He's got a l More...
The problem (if it can be called a "problem") with reading so many great books in a short amount of time is that the books that aren't great but are still good seem even less good than they normally would if they'd were read after a streak of sucky books. Do you know what I mean? Street Dreams isn't a bad book. I just wasn't as wowed with it as I wanted to be.
I liked Tyson! He's got a l More...
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