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In this extraordinary short story collection, human frailty is put to the test by the relentless forces of dark and light, man and beast. Each tale offers glimpses into familiar, shadowy worlds that push the boundaries of the spirit and leave the mind haunted with the knowledge that black juice runs through us all.

Published (first published March 1st 2005)

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Aug 02, 2012 Nancy rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: sf-fantasy, kids-and-teens, short-stories, library-books, favorites

Based on a Goodreads friend’s review, I went to the library in search of Margo Lanagan’s Tender Morsels. It was not available, so I borrowed a collection of short stories titled Black Juice.

A little review on the back by author John Marsden caught my eye:

“I want to hire a plane and write BLACK JUICE across the sky so that people will read these intense, rich, disturbing stories.”

Indeed, each story in this collection is richly described, dark and disturbing. Almost too dark to be shelved with bo...more

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Apr 19, 2013 Teresa rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I picked up this collection from the library, because I loved Lanagan's Tender Morsels, a novel I know I would've reread if I were a teenager.

The reader of these stories is plopped, matter-of-fact-ly, into Lanagan's imaginative worlds, places that are not our own but in some ways are familiar. For example, we may not encounter blobby, destructive monsters made from beetles in a rural village set in some kind of past (in the story "Yowlinin"), but we all know the pangs of unrequited love.

The firs...more

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Jul 05, 2007 Jennifer rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: youngadult, fantasy, shortstories, printzhonor

Weirdly wonderful. Lanagan manages to capture whole worlds in her brief glimpses of strange and fascinating characters. Even though I would have welcomed longer explorations of each of her worlds, each story felt complete in and of itself. The imagery she uses is simply gorgeous as well.

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May 12, 2013 Igor Kovalyov rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

• Igor Kovalyov
• APA citation: Lanagan, M. (2005). Black juice. New York: Eos.
• Genre: Short Stories
• Awards (If applicable): Michael L. Printz Award honor book, 2006.
• Format: Print
• Selection Process: Recommendation
• Review:
Black Juice is a collection of ten short stories set in marvelous and strange worlds. Often dark and even borderline disturbing, the stories feature a young character. The story examines these characters and how they deal with love, relationships, marriage, freedom, abuse a...more

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Apr 14, 2013 John rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Lanagan's writing is the best part of this collection. Even when a story has a misstep or flounders, it does good things. It has me wanting to try her novels again, as I think I may just be the right age (and have the right expectations) to enjoy them for the prose and the intelligent fantasy that they are.

What you are most likely to find in this anthology (and, from what I gather, in Lanagan's general work):

- Beautiful, horrific prose that captures a tone and voice unlike anything you've read...more

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Mar 08, 2011 Sarah Mayor Cox rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: top-10-of-all-time, books-that-will-take-your-breath-aw

Just found this old review I did in 2004. Rosalind Price handed me a copy of it just as I was leaving a meeting at A&U in Melb. one day and said, 'You might like to read this on the train on the way home.' I couldn't stop reading it and I couldn't stop shaking all the way home (2 hour train journey). I read SMSD to my Dip. Ed English Method students whenever i can, to show them the power of black squiggles on a page.

I still can't read it aloud without a handful of hankies in my hand - power...more

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Nov 02, 2009 John Dudash added it · review of another edition

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I read black juice by Margo Lanagan, the book was kind of confusing with the different pronunciation of the words throughout the whole book. I would recommend this book to people who like a mix of medieval themes and modern themes. This book gets darker as it goes a long a bit more confusing. I didn’t really like this book much; I don’t like books like this. I didn’t have a favorite or least favorite character, I never really understand it, and just didn’t care about them...more

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Jan 13, 2013 Charles Dee Mitchell rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, horror

One description I read of a Lanagan story described its setting as a pre-industrial society. That sounds like a very academic description, but they are right in many ways. These are not not exactly medieval settings, some seem placed among tribal cultures, in others there is a sense of mobility between settings that comes close to being modern. But each story is supremely strange and beautifully crafted.

In "Singing My Sister Down," a family spends the night on mats floated on the surface of the...more

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Dec 06, 2010 Jillian -always aspiring- rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: People who need to read good short stories by competent writers

Shelves: writing-to-which-i-aspire, fab-writing, out-of-the-box-ideas, 2010-reads, prose-envy

The check-list to making a great and/or memorable short story: a short story should. . .

-. . .present a well-developed world that mirrors the level of one that could be found in a full-length novel.
-. . .have enough mystery, suspense, and/or intrigue that the readers feel the need to keep turning the pages.
-. . .show skill and thought for prose and its power to bewitch readers of all kinds.
-. . .carry a plot that holds to the level of novelhood - inciting incident, rising action, climax, dénouem...more The check-list to making a great and/or memorable short story: a short story should. . .

-. . .present a well-developed world that mirrors the level of one that could be found in a full-length novel.
-. . .have enough mystery, suspense, and/or intrigue that the readers feel the need to keep turning the pages.
-. . .show skill and thought for prose and its power to bewitch readers of all kinds.
-. . .carry a plot that holds to the level of novelhood - inciting incident, rising action, climax, dénouement, and (depending on the plot/story) closure.
-. . .have fleshed-out characters who feel like real people, who act accordingly, and who show emotion and realism without dwelling too heavily into the realms of predictability (for this will often bore readers).
-. . .twist what readers expect and give them back something that astounds and amazes them.
-. . .end within reasonable fashion because short stories are CALLED short stories because they are MEANT TO BE READ IN ONE SITTING.
-. . .allow an open enough ending where the readers actually WONDERS and PONDERS about the world and characters of the short story long after they have finished it.

This is my check-list for a PERFECT SHORT STORY. Now, I know nothing is ever perfect -- but I also know that many authors, even ones with great novels to their names, often EPICALLY FAIL at the short story. There are many elements that must be balanced for a short story to be engrossing, engaging, and downright amazing all at once. Some authors just don't have the patience (or, sadly, the talent) to make their short stories brilliant little gems, pieces of the crowns their novels are. And I find that incredibly sad since short stories are actually a brilliant way to get more people to READ. Many people these days just don't have the patience or the time to sit down with a novel, even a brilliant one that's recommended again and again, but you know what? They may be able to be coaxed with a SHORT STORY. (Ta-da! Aren't I being brilliant today?) And you know what? I think if more people could/would write like Margo Lanagan, then we might have more book readers than television/movie watchers -- and boy does she have the elements for good short stories down pat.

Of course, Lanagan's writing -- though always poetic when it needs to be and harsh when it can't stand to be kind -- isn't perfect. Even though I was ready to give the book five stars immediately after reading the haunting "Singing My Sister Down" (the first story), I eventually found that the anthology was a mixed bag: some stories are just really brilliant, some are funky and quirky, and some are just insensible in their meaning and purpose. ("Wooden Bride" felt that far latter way to me.) Her storytelling sometimes tries so hard to be mysterious that the reader can't get a clear picture in his/her head of what exactly is going on. However -- I as a reader don't always mind being pulled along blindly, so I found this book engrossing and refreshing because Lanagan never gave me quite what I had expected with her short stories. I was glad for that since it gets dull being able to predict a story's outcome! Sometimes it's just fun to be surprised -- whether it be pleasantly or horrifically so.

I know that Lanagan is a controversial writer (especially when it comes to discussions pertaining to her novel Tender Morsels), but this collection of short stories just shows the depth of her talent. She's no one trick pony, that's for certain! There's probably something here in Black Juice for anyone who dared to look inside. So -- are you tempted enough to be one of the few who will? If so, I hope you devour and savor the writing and storytelling: it's worth it.(less)

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Nov 29, 2012 William Herschel rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, short-stories, scifi-fantasy, 2012

I used to crave a fantasy book. Not your cookie-cutter grand adventure, no sirree, I wanted something entirely unknowable, completely foreign, not a speck of dust from the Earth. It'd be transcendental and achingly beautiful, beyond my own words.

That doesn't exist.

But it made me of think of the stories in this book, how many of them simply plunge you head-first into a world full of references and places and ideas and characters, some strange world you will never get all the pieces of, similar to...more

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Jun 04, 2010 Ronyell rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: drama, family-situations, fantasy, mystery, printz-honor, reviewed-books, ronyell-s-epinions-reviews, summer-100-book-challenge-2010, surreal, chapter-books, young-adult-teen-books, read-in-2010

“Black Juice” is the first adult book that I have reviewed since I mainly reviewed many children’s books. So, the format for any reviews that I do for adult books will be a little more different than how I reviewed children’s books since I will be reviewing the adult books from my own perspective instead of towards the general audience that I usually do for children’s books. “Black Juice” is a Printz Honor book and is one of the earlier books written by Margo Lanagan and it details ten stories a...more “Black Juice” is the first adult book that I have reviewed since I mainly reviewed many children’s books. So, the format for any reviews that I do for adult books will be a little more different than how I reviewed children’s books since I will be reviewing the adult books from my own perspective instead of towards the general audience that I usually do for children’s books. “Black Juice” is a Printz Honor book and is one of the earlier books written by Margo Lanagan and it details ten stories about various people who explore the dark side of human nature by going through dramatic and frightening situations during their lives. “Black Juice” may have some dramatic and mesmerizing stories; however the confusing plotlines for all ten stories and the lack of character development in each one may turn many adults away from this book.

The advantage that this book had was that the stories were dramatic and touching at the same time. Some of the stories that I have thoroughly enjoyed were “Singing my Sister Down,” where a family holds a small party for the boy’s sister who is sentenced to drown in the tar pit for killing the Chief’s son, “Earthly Uses” and “Yowlinin,” which is about a vicious creature that kills off a village of people except for one female outsider. Margo Lanagan had done a great job at making each story truly dramatic and intense as each character goes through a tragic event and they relate to the audience about what they learn from the event and how it changed their lives forever. Many adults will definitely feel sympathy for some of the characters mentioned in this book as some adults probably had to go through either a loss of a family member or witnessing a frightening situation and they have to figure out a way to deal with the situation at hand. This book has greatly taught the audience about the importance of respecting life and trying to live one’s life the best that they could.

Some of the disadvantages that this book had were lack of character development and how some of the stories were a bit too confusing to understand. All ten of these stories have lack of character development because the stories are set up where the audience is immediately introduced into a tragic event that the character goes through and each story fails to give a proper background story to the character telling the stories and the audience is usually left pondering about who the characters are in each story and how did the tragic event began in the first place. Also, due to the fact that there is no proper background story on each character and the fact that the tragic events presented in each story are never fully explained, many adults would find this book too confusing to read since they might want to know how the tragic event started in the first place and who is narrating the stories.

“Black Juice” has done a good job at explaining the dark side of human nature and how each character has to cope with the tragic events that take place within their lives, however many adults might not be able to relate strongly to this book since the lack of character development and confusing plots would frustrate them, especially if they want characters they can relate more to. So, I would probably not recommend this book to anyone who wants a story that has more character development.

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Sep 08, 2011 Kate rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011, age-ya, fantasy

I picked this up after reading an article about YA literature that would appeal to adults. The article had a list of the top ten YA authors for adults, and Margo Lanagan was listed - and the only author I hadn't read. When the blurb about her books mentioned something about a clown massacre in Black Juice, I immediately put it on hold at the library.

The first story in this collection, "Singing My Sister Down," was awesome, and basically the only reason I gave this book three stars. The story was...more

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Sep 12, 2010 Trisha rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I will not write a true review this book for a variety of reasons. For the life of me, I can not figure out how to discuss the stories within this collection, not only because to do so would mean spoiling the plot, but also I can not figure out how to summarize the plots. For certain inclusions in the book, if I were asked what the story was about, I would be left with a blank expression on my face, no words on my lips, but a very specific feeling inside.

That is the crux of the matter. While Lan...more

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Aug 10, 2010 God O'Wax rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, horror, sci-fi, shortstories

This was an interesting one. The stories are all over the place in terms of plot, but share some common themes of growing up, loss of innocence, and such...many of them are very dark, but also quite beautiful. in every one, the world is much like ours, but also quite different in at least one important respect, and the reader is dropped into the world as if it were their own, with no explanation of these vital differences, which can be jarring, but is largely effective. The best stories for me w...more

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Jul 08, 2007 Alexis rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I checked out this book because it was a 2006? Printz Honor Book. I was amazed by the stories, especially "Sing My Sister Down", "Sweet Pippet", "Booroondooroon" (spelling?), and the clown story ("Red Nose" or something). These stories were so dark and disturbing and I love them all! I need to read "White Time" ASAP!

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Feb 26, 2011 Samantha-Ellen Bound rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recently I picked up my old copy of Margo Lanagan’s Black Juice, which I vaguely remember once having to study either for school or uni. Black Juice is a collection of ten short stories, each one strangely compelling and sprinkled with her usual mix of mystery and beautiful despair. My favourites are ‘House of the Many’, ‘Yowlinin’ and ‘Singing my Sister Down’, but really, each of these ten stories is as intense and disturbing as the other. They are saved from being uncomfortably confronting by...more

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Apr 15, 2010 PurplyCookie rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, short-stories, hated-it

Based on the book description, I thought this would be a book of short stories delving into different aspects of the human soul and psyche, both dark and light. That is not what I found and certainly not how I would sell this book. While I was impressed with the first story ("Singing My Sister Down"), and the level to which the author managed to draw the reader into the characters in a few short pages, it was the only one that I thought was worth reading. The rest were, for the most part, simpli...more

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May 09, 2010 Heather rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Heather by: Kerry's b.o.b pick

Shelves: b-o-b-book-club-books, ya-shortstories, books-read-in-2010, ya-library-books, worst-reads-ever-read-nevertheless

I really didin't like this book at all. I hate to feel that way, because I try to find at least one thing I can latch onto about a book. Unfortunately, I couldn't even find one of the short stories that appealed to me.

I like weird and different, mainly because those kind of stories step out of the box, but these were too weird and disturbing (not in a good way, for me at least).

For the first time, I found a book I wasn't willing to finish. I did leave one short story unread and I only read the...more

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Dec 06, 2012 Kevin rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: horror, youth, experimental-fic, dystopian, fantasy

quirky is a good word for Lanagan's short stories. frustratingly tantalizing would represent another way of describing them.

written like incomplete Twilight Zone episodes, the truncated anecdotes in Black Juice introduce many intriguing situations and worlds that we'll probably never have fleshed out.

they introduce punishment by slowly sinking into a tar pit, a frenetic clown assassination game played with live ammo and sponsors, feral angels that smell of earthworms and fish slime, etc., etc. m...more

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Jul 17, 2007 sarah rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: scifi-fantasy, teen-ya

completely, absolutely brilliant short stories; thick and rich description; one of those books where the characters' names, histories, mythologies make complete sense.

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Nov 23, 2012 Anne Hamilton rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

How on earth do you rate a book like this one? The writing is diamond-sharp, silk-fluid, eclipse-dark.

I found it more than a little disturbing that Singing My Sister Down clearly had indigenous characters and I was constantly wondering if it had crossed the line into racism. I eventually decided that if such a thought kept recurring to me, then it probably had.

I don't like to walk presumptuously in any feather shoes, nonetheless I was overwhelmed more than once by the sense that the best story...more

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Nov 15, 2012 Stinkerbelle Stormborn rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: boo, fantasy, short-stories, tweenie-weenie, drama-llama-approved

2.5 stars. I usually go through a full-blown love-hate relationship with short story books, when I read them, there are always some parts that I love and some that I absolutely hate. With this one, however, it was predominantly hate. Pretty much all of the stories seem like parts of another story. It's like you started reading right from the middle of it. Most of the times till the end of the story there develops this vague idea about the missing details, but still I didn't really enjoy it. Ther...more

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Aug 23, 2010 Patrice Sartor rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, stories-multiple, quirky-whacked, historical-fiction

The stories contained within are all odd and bizarre, and the reader is thrown into the action from the start. I believe this is the first time I have read a story from the point of view of an elephant (Horton doesn't count), though I do wish I understand some of the stories better.

GENRE: Fiction: Short stories: historical fiction, fantasy.

SUBJECT/THEMES: Death, murder, loss, betrayal, loyalty, punishment, hierarchical societies.

SUMMARY: Black Juice is a collection of short stories that delve de...more The stories contained within are all odd and bizarre, and the reader is thrown into the action from the start. I believe this is the first time I have read a story from the point of view of an elephant (Horton doesn't count), though I do wish I understand some of the stories better.

GENRE: Fiction: Short stories: historical fiction, fantasy.

SUBJECT/THEMES: Death, murder, loss, betrayal, loyalty, punishment, hierarchical societies.

SUMMARY: Black Juice is a collection of short stories that delve deep into the psyche of both human and animal. One story follows a herd of elephants as they search for their handler who has been taken from them. In another the reader witnesses a tribe’s harsh punishment for murder: the guilty party must stand upon a tar pit, while they sink slowly and their family sits nearby, until they are completely covered. In another a young, financially broke woman drives to a small town to attend her grandmother’s funeral, remembering what she’s learned from her relative along the way.

EVALUATION: This collection contains some of the strangest stories I have ever read. The premise in many of them is bizarre, the situations are often foreign, and the language and speech patterns of a number of the characters are very unusual. Yet the odd and weird hold a strong appeal for me and this book did not disappoint. This is a slower read than most, for there is much to process in the stories, both directly and from what is merely alluded to. While it took me longer to get into this book, it was well worth it, for Lanagan has crafted ten wonderful stories. For the record, I think my favorite was the elephant herd story (“Sweet Pippit”), and that was the first time, aside from perhaps Horton, that I read a story from the perspective of an elephant.

WHY I WOULD INCLUDE IT: This title is perfect for the teen reader that has an open mind, and wishes to be challenged a bit with their reading. After the reader has read through all of the stories once, they could read through it again and uncover new things, and perhaps find new ties and connections between the stories. This is certainly the mark of a well-written book.
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Feb 15, 2012 Marg rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is my third Margo Lanagan short story collection, and once again her storytelling has really amazed me! I still have Red Spikes to read of her collections, but I think I am going to read her new novel, Sea Hearts, next as I haven't read any of her novels yet.

Some of her stories move me (in one case to tears), some confuse me, and some are clever, whilst all of them have me thinking about them. One thing I do find is that I often need a gap between one story and the next. I can't just read...more

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Apr 11, 2010 Sarah rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I've never been into reading short stories, especially books of short stories. The stories are shorter but I usually find myself easily bored because usually only one of the stories piques my interest. "Black Juice" had quite a few stories that I quite liked, and I enjoyed the grim 20 page long (or so) tales, and I liked the way they were written. In particular I liked "Singing my sister down" about a little boy who watches his sister die in the tar pits in punishment for a crime she committed....more

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May 26, 2011 Lisa Wolf rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: creepy-spooky, short-stories

Wow, what a strange collection of stories. Margo Lanagan has a unique voice, creating rough-hewn characters with their own distinctive dialects, in worlds foreign yet vaguely familiar. The stories in Black Juice cover a bizarre range of subjects, including an assassination spree aimed at clowns and a family whose obligation it is to physically change the seasons. My favorite of all -- and the one that will stay with me for a long time -- is "Singing My Sister Down", which simply has to be read,...more

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Jul 07, 2007 Sarah rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Eery stories, each one creating its own world. She twists language, and makes it do amazing things.

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Mar 08, 2011 Kritika rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: anthology, aussie-author

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I am going to review each story as I read it so that I can remember them.

Singing my Sister Down - *****
The narrator has to participate in a ceremony where his shamed sister is put in a tar pit to sink and become submerged. The story was very intense, and the idea was very scary because of its realism - I can recall similar punishments from the Salem witch trials. The only thing that I was left wondering about was what Ikki did to deserve the fate of dying so slowly, sinking inch by inch into a t...more

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Aug 16, 2009 Katherine Lewis rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: teen-fiction, short-stories

Very strange, indeed, Ms. Lanagan. At first reading, I though this an absolutely bizarre and inappropriate choice for young adults. Each short story takes place in a completely different world with unfamiliar settings, names, and references. The voice transitions dramatically from tale to tale, sometimes resembling Toni Cade Bambara, other times Franz Kafka, still others Rudyard Kipling! As soon as you settle into the rhythm and tone of a story, figure out it's little puzzle, it's over. Rinse an...more Very strange, indeed, Ms. Lanagan. At first reading, I though this an absolutely bizarre and inappropriate choice for young adults. Each short story takes place in a completely different world with unfamiliar settings, names, and references. The voice transitions dramatically from tale to tale, sometimes resembling Toni Cade Bambara, other times Franz Kafka, still others Rudyard Kipling! As soon as you settle into the rhythm and tone of a story, figure out it's little puzzle, it's over. Rinse and repeat. "No teen would ever have the patience to read this!" I griped to my husband.

But, I set out to read it for myself, my adult self, knowing I would not set it back on my classroom bookshelf in the fall. After all, I love Kafka! However, something happened as I kept reading: I fell in love with the book, as a teacher! The puzzle component of each story would make a great base for a lesson about deductive reasoning and reading for details. The figurative language is at once elegant and restrained, making for great mini-lessons in both literary analysis and syntax. The thematic issues are layered enough to fill entire class periods with impassioned debate. The structure of many stories challenge the ideas of "classic narrative" which they've been taught, and could be a fantastic tool to demonstrate that, for many authors, a "climax" is an artistic slight-of-hand. By the time I set it down, I was excited about the prospect of teaching kids that literature can be this way....stealthy but decadent.

I'm still right that (almost) no teen would read this on their own. Though I believe Lanagan is nudging teens toward accessible themes such as social stigmas, family expectations, envy, class disparities, shame, stereotypes, etc., this text needs major scaffolding to make it approachable. However, once provided, I believe a selection from this book would make a better, more teen appropriate literature study than most of the "approved curriculum" currently suggested. Many of the latter may be easier to literally decode, but much more difficult to connect with due to their preoccupation with adult issues such as disillusionment or existential quandaries or socio/political criticisms. Kids read those, feel nothing, hear that they're "masterpieces," and figure reading just isn't for them.

Reading The Sun Also Rises in 10th grade comes to mind.

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Feb 06, 2009 Monica rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2009, teen, readers-advisory-genre-study

So strange and inventive. I started this totally in awe of the world Lanagan creates in her first short story, and then watched and she created a totally new and unexpected place again and again. Totally recommended for fans of darker fantasy or short story readers.

The only reason for the 3 star rating instead of something higher: I am owning up to the fact that I am not a short story reader. I always start out enjoying them and then by the middle I'm so tired of it I don't want to go any furthe...more

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Margo Lanagan, born in Waratah, New South Wales, is an Australian writer of short stories and young adult fiction.

Many of her books, including YA fiction, were only published in Australia. Recently, several of her books have attracted worldwide attention. Her short story collection Black Juice won two World Fantasy Awards. It was published in Australia by Allen & Unwin and the United Kingdom b...more

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All the stars zing; the mountains glitter; towns and villages gather like bright mould in the valley-seams and along the coasts.
Every movement in byre and bunny-hole, of leaf against leaf, of germ in soil and stream, turns and gleams and laminates every other, the whole world monstrously fancy, laced tight together, yet slopping over and unraveling in every direction, a grand brilliant wastage of the living an the dying.” — 2 people liked it

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