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5th out of 177 books
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105 voters
Particular Stones
by
David J. Kirk (Goodreads Author)
Paperback, 338 pages
Published
August 12th 2011
by Martin Sisters Publishing
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I usually divide books -by page count- into quarters, the goal being to read one-quarter of the book per day. I finished this book in three days.
The prose is militaristic, which probably comes about because Kirk is a Navy veteran. The writing is simple and efficient. There’s no flowery prose.
Orphaned boys come together to form a group that helps them survive an abusive orphanage in a futuristic world affected by climate change. If William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, George Orwell’s Animal Far...more
The prose is militaristic, which probably comes about because Kirk is a Navy veteran. The writing is simple and efficient. There’s no flowery prose.
Orphaned boys come together to form a group that helps them survive an abusive orphanage in a futuristic world affected by climate change. If William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, George Orwell’s Animal Far...more
Dan is an orphan, raised in numerous orphanages his since he was 4 years old, they are mostly the same. The book is set in the future, after a mini ice age, a blue chemical disaster and a rash of infertility. Dan is at a new orphanage, same environment, he knows the drill. He stays mostly to himself, an advanced student, he does his work and doesn't make waves. When his deformed roommate is murdered and he discoveries the extent of the bullying in the orphanage and the grounds around it, Dan is...more
I spent a lot of this book trying to figure out what it was about. I kept thinking I wasn't getting it. Was it about who murdered Gov Viche? Was it about where Dan Kelley actually came from? Was it about a bleak post-apocalyptic community that was so focused on survival it forgot how to live? Okay, it was definitely about that last one — I wasn't COMPLETELY lost. Eventually, I stopped trying to analyze how this or that encounter related to the story and figured out that it WAS the story. There w...more
I won this book in a First Reads giveaway on GoodReads.
When I first cracked open this book, I didn't know what to expect. It seemed at first to be a mild story about an orphaned boy growing up in the future. Boy, was that an understatement. Before you know it, you are deep in a complex story of ten boys fighting to survive this small town, and the orphanage they live in. Dan Kelley narrates this vivid story of the year 3036, in the township of Centura, which used to be Illinois.
From moving into...more
When I first cracked open this book, I didn't know what to expect. It seemed at first to be a mild story about an orphaned boy growing up in the future. Boy, was that an understatement. Before you know it, you are deep in a complex story of ten boys fighting to survive this small town, and the orphanage they live in. Dan Kelley narrates this vivid story of the year 3036, in the township of Centura, which used to be Illinois.
From moving into...more
When sitting back with Particular Stones, I expected to find an amusing adventure about an orphan boy. What I did not expect was the depth of the adventure and to be delighted by the most wonderful love story.
It’s not the fairy tale type of love story, but the one that comes from the core of humanity.
Faced with loneliness and havoc, a group of orphan boys resource to their primal nature to save themselves from becoming victims of a system devoid of the one bond society has forgotten all about: f...more
It’s not the fairy tale type of love story, but the one that comes from the core of humanity.
Faced with loneliness and havoc, a group of orphan boys resource to their primal nature to save themselves from becoming victims of a system devoid of the one bond society has forgotten all about: f...more
I simply loved it. Such an intriguing story once I began to read it, I couldn't put it down. David has a way of taking the reader through the story and really makes you feel like you are there. This is a must read for anyone who is looking for adventure and a story that thinks outside the box.
I loved this book. Told carefully but not ponderously, the story takes place in the future and would definitely be described as dystopian. However, Mr. Kirk keeps us so firmly in our own world that none of it is unbelievable. The main character is strong, well developed, and teaches the reader as he learns. I'd recommend to teen boys without hesitation, but also to anyone who loves a well-rounded speculative story that makes one think "what if...?"
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| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
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| Meaning | 1 | 4 | Nov 09, 2011 06:45am | |
| Fighting back | 1 | 1 | Nov 09, 2011 06:42am | |
| Dealing with fear | 1 | 1 | Nov 09, 2011 06:38am |
David, an honorable discharged veteran of the United States Navy, earned his master’s degree in personality psychology from Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island, in 1980. He worked as a counselor and a Human Resources Manager. David then became an instructor at Rasmussen College where he taught psychology and sociology for four years.
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“People always ask me that, how it feels to be an orphan. I don't know. I want to ask them how it feels to have a family.”
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“[Mr. Principi] "My question to you, class, is our species crawling toward re-enlightenment or limping toward extinction?"
The smart aleck behind me. . . was threatened by my propensity to fight when he should have been afraid of Mr. Principi's question.”
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The smart aleck behind me. . . was threatened by my propensity to fight when he should have been afraid of Mr. Principi's question.”
