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High Dive
by
Tammar Stein (Goodreads Author)
Arden has a plane ticket to Sardinia to say goodbye to her family’s beloved vacation home after her father’s sudden death and her mother’s deployment to Iraq as an army nurse. Lonely for her father and petrified for her mother’s safety, Arden dreads her trip to the house in Sardinia—the only place that has truly felt like home to her. So when she meets a group of fun, care...more
Hardcover, 208 pages
Published
June 10th 2008
by Knopf Books for Young Readers
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Jul 17, 2009
Cara
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
military brats
Recommended to Cara by:
Ash
Shelves:
realistic-fiction
I'm kind of biased because I could really relate to Arden. Not so much her personality but her situation. I've had a parent deploy to Iraq and I understood a lot of what she had to go through, but I didn't take it the same way she did. Arden is already away at college when her mom is deployed and she has already lost her father, so she dealing with a lot of feelings that seem to be suffocating her (though she doesn't know it). With all that moving around military brats do it's hard to keep many...more
Sep 19, 2009
Valerie
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommended to Valerie by:
Ash
Shelves:
realistic-fiction
There are not many books that I've read about military brats so this was different. It was nice to see her knowledge of everthing in Europe but she wasn't snobish about it.
In the beginning I just felt so bad for Arden. I'd hate to be stuck in Paris and not have any fun. However things do get better as things progress. The three girls she meets on the plane and decides to join have very distinct personalities. Each one brings something to the story.
The military life has seemed to take a great t...more
In the beginning I just felt so bad for Arden. I'd hate to be stuck in Paris and not have any fun. However things do get better as things progress. The three girls she meets on the plane and decides to join have very distinct personalities. Each one brings something to the story.
The military life has seemed to take a great t...more
This is hard for me to review because I liked the book, but I think it was mostly because I could relate to Arden's situation. At times it was sad and in Arden's voice you can hear the weight of the world that she feels like she's carrying. Then you see all the great things she does and sees while she traveling. The book was pretty accurate when describing how travel is in Europe (as in it kinda sucks). It was funny to read the military jargon that I only hear when I'm on post or talking to my...more
I never know how a randomly selected book will be, but I enjoyed this one quite a bit. It might even be worthy of 4.5 stars. Arden, a college student whose dad has and mom is now deployed with the Army, is heading to Italy to help sell her family's vacation home when she meets three other college students on the plane, planning to travel around Europe, and Arden takes them up on their invitation to join them. Soon, she's exploring all sorts of tourist spots and not-so-touristy spots around the c...more
High Dive by Tammar Stein is a book about this girl who goes to pairs on a suprise trip. She just got out of collage and her father died not so long ago, and her mom is always traveling because she is a docter in the army. So she is used to traveling a lot. so when her mom asks her to go to germany to sell there old home she goes on a plane ready to go to germany. Although along the way she runs in to these collage girls who are going to paris and offer for her to come with them. She soon finds...more
In this book, the main character, Arden is on a flight to Sardinia. On her plane, she meets three girls who drastically change her mind. They invite her to stay in Paris with them. Now that she was done with school, she figured it wouldn't hurt, so she accepted their offer. For weeks, she struggled with getting hotel rooms, money, and food. One day, the most aggressive girl, Lola, took things too far. After the situation, Arden thought it would be best to go to Sardinia. The trip had been fun, b...more
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When I started High Dive, we were at weird time, nationally speaking. The Iraq War was going strong and military families experienced huge personal sacrifices. But while the media did a superb job getting the story out about the soldiers' experiences at war and the casualty rate was common knowledge, the pain and suffering of the spouses and children left behind was completely unacknowledged. I had to change that.
I was that child whose father left to go to war. I was that spouse left behind on...more
I was that child whose father left to go to war. I was that spouse left behind on...more
This is an interesting, good book about a girl who has been moving around the world her whole life. Its funny, exciting, sweet, and even sad at some parts...a really good book.
Stein, Tammar. 2008. High Dive.
"The phone rang at 6 a.m. Even though I expected it, my heart leapt at the shrill sound. I lunged for the receiver, picking it up before the ring ended, and looked over at my roommate. She'd burrowed deeper undercover. I could see only a skein of hair on the pillow. Good.
I glanced at the clock to begin the countdown. My mom and I had exactly fifteen minutes for the phone call.
Technically, everyone was allowed two fifteen-minute DSN, the military phone system, calls...more
"The phone rang at 6 a.m. Even though I expected it, my heart leapt at the shrill sound. I lunged for the receiver, picking it up before the ring ended, and looked over at my roommate. She'd burrowed deeper undercover. I could see only a skein of hair on the pillow. Good.
I glanced at the clock to begin the countdown. My mom and I had exactly fifteen minutes for the phone call.
Technically, everyone was allowed two fifteen-minute DSN, the military phone system, calls...more
Arden's family life is in turmoil. Her father is dead, and her mother is stationed in Iraq, leaving Arden alone and afraid. Now that her mother has decided to sell their vacation house in Sardinia - Arden's source of treasured family memories - it's up to Arden keep her emotions in check and help her mother with the practical matters of packing up the house. On the flight overseas, Arden meets a trio of college students on a carefree summer vacation. In a rare show of spontanaeity, Arden decides...more
This book is about a girl who is traveling to visit her mother and meets these other girls. They invite her to go to Paris, france with her and she says yes. They go on different adventures. This book is about them.
I can make a connection because if i were in this situation it would be hard. I would not know what to or how i should let my parents know and also i wouldn't know if i should trust the people inviting me. I most likely wouldn't go.
I can make a connection because if i were in this situation it would be hard. I would not know what to or how i should let my parents know and also i wouldn't know if i should trust the people inviting me. I most likely wouldn't go.
Arden, a college student, has lost her dad and her mother is a solder/nurse in Iraq. This story follows Arden as she makes an impulsive decision to vacation with three other college girls in Europe. It does a good job highlighting the pain of not being with both parents. In addition, a book that takes you through Europe with four girls, and the problems/fun they encounter.
I liked this book. About a girl who's father recently passed away and her mother is in Iraq. On a flight she meets 3 girls from Texas who talk her into joing them in Paris.
Arden is on her way to Italy to sell her family's much adored summer house in Sardinia. She is traveling alone while her mother is fighting in Iraq, but traveling is not much of a problem, being used to moving almost every few years. Also her father was killed in a car accident, making Arden even more alone.
However, on the plane, Arden meets 3 girls a little older than her, that invite her to roam around Europe (no pun intended...sorry!). Surprisingly enough, Arden agrees, thinking a little adv...more
However, on the plane, Arden meets 3 girls a little older than her, that invite her to roam around Europe (no pun intended...sorry!). Surprisingly enough, Arden agrees, thinking a little adv...more
How does one cope with daily life when a family member is deployed to serve in a war zone?
Sep 13, 2008
Laura
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Teens in military families
Shelves:
to-read-childrens-ya
I thought this would be a foodie book for teens...but not quite. It is much more a book about traveling and dealing with a parent who has died or one in Iraq. Stein also explores the dynamics of growing up in a military family.
Not bad, but just not great. There definitely isn't enough suspense or tension (indeed, there isn't any at all) to make it a plot-driven story. But one feels short-changed on the character development end of the story.
Not bad, but just not great. There definitely isn't enough suspense or tension (indeed, there isn't any at all) to make it a plot-driven story. But one feels short-changed on the character development end of the story.
Sep 27, 2008
Lucia
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommended to Lucia by:
Danielle
Shelves:
young-adult-fiction
Good book to better understand the feelings of a child of a soldier during war. Add to it the child has lost a parent and is trying to deal with this loss all alone. Enjoyable and realistic.
Read my review here: http://everydayreading.blogspot.com/2...
I read this in about 4 hours. It was a quick light read and I really liked it.
Mar 27, 2008
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Tammar Stein is the award-winning author of the YA novel, Light Years, a Virginia Reader's Choice book and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, 2006. Her second novel, High Dive, was nominated for an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, 2009. Kindred, her third novel and the first in a series, was nominated for Teen Choice Best Book Award and received a starred review on Publishers Weekly. Spoils, a comp...more
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