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It was just the three of them, mom who runs a beauty salon called “Hair Today”, Deidre – the gorgeous older sister who turns heads as she walks down the street, and Phoebe – the spiky fuchsia haired 9th grader who loves to read and wants life to...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 23 07:35:54 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 07:36:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 02 19:31:03 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 19:51:35 -0700 2009 Absolute Brightness is a story about tolerance (or lack thereof) and learning to choose love over hate even in the most difficult of circumstances.

Leonard Pelkey comes to live with his cousin, Phoebe, upon the death of his mother. Having nev...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 20:17:34 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 18:29:24 -0800 2008
It's not really YA. If you made the MC a college student rather than a high school student, I think it would have worked better. Also cut out about a hundred or so pages and most of the various character back story. In fact with...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 15 09:40:50 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 22 11:49:52 -0700 2009
Things I disliked about this book: I like to think our world isn't as terrible a place as the author made it out to be. I also w...more...]]> 5 0 false true Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 16:10:55 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 16:13:19 -0800 2009 Ok. I loved this book.
I totally connected with it but I dont know if Im just kinda drawing a blank right now or what but I cant really put together what really happened.
Did Travis kill Leonard?
Why?
Was the friend Leonard told Mr.Buddy he was going to go see, T...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 12:10:05 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 10:06:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 15 17:11:06 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 17:14:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 12:13:09 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 07:30:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 13:23:37 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 13:24:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 11:30:52 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 11:49:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 29 00:43:52 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 00:44:07 -0700 2008
Leonard Pelkey doesn't fit in anywhere. His mother has died, leaving him with Phoebe's uncle, now his legal guardian. But Uncle Mike has plans to go to Mexico to invest in cattle. So Phoebe's mom, Ellen, arranges for Leonard to come and live with th...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 11 18:37:41 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 18:20:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 03 18:30:17 -0700 2007 Mon May 11 11:14:55 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 12:27:16 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 13:23:44 -0700 2009 This was a really good book though not a book that I would normally read. I thought that the author did a good job of writing from a teenager's point of view. I liked the way that he dealt with how Leonard was generally misunderstood but beloved by those whose lives he touched...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 08:45:42 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 14:23:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 11:04:05 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 16:21:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1629727