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70th out of 107 books
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105 voters
Middle Row
by
Sylvia Olsen
Things have changed since Raedawn and Vince started going out and the racial boundaries in town have slipped a bit. But when Dune, who never took sides, disappears, Raedawn is determined to find out where he has gone--or what happened to him. Fighting against ignorance and hate, they track Dune down and find he is in more trouble than they thought and that nothing is black...more
Paperback, 100 pages
Published
April 1st 2008
by Orca Book Publishers
(first published March 1st 2008)
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Nov 20, 2011
Jessie Bear
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relationships,
si-624,
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Vince and Raedawn investigate what happened to a missing classmate in a racially divided town. Middle Row tries to tackle us/them mentalities as well as a separation of “the other” within a community. This is no easy feat to accomplish in about one hundred pages at a reading level of 2.4. As an Orca Soundings novel, this book is packaged as a high-action contemporary young adult mystery but reads in a simplistic and sometimes stilted manner. Olsen attempts to convey complicated relationships and...more
I just read a book called Middle Row. It was a quick to read, it only took a day to read. I could not put it down! It’s a mystery and an action all wrapped into one. There is the main character named Vince and his Native American girlfriend named Raedawn. They are in 12th grade and living in a resist town. They are worried about a kid at school named Dune; he hasn’t been to school in over two weeks. They go looking for him. Raedawn knows something is very wrong and needs to get to the bottom of...more
Vince and Raedawn started going out and they ride the same bus ever since. There is spots in the bus for cool kids and nerdy kids. But Vince and Raedawn are the only ones noticing one of the kids missing since the first day of school which is Dune. Raedawn and Vince tryed to help and ask questions to find Dune. No one knows anything but Uncle Dave. Ever since talking to Uncle Dave secrets are revealed. They found out Dune is in trouble. They finally found Dune at the end and got along well. My l...more
Reviewed by Sally Kruger aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com
The cover pic should be enough to interest most YA readers; however, adults, don't panic, the subject matter is quite tame.
Vince and Raedawn have been riding the same bus to school their entire lives. There is a social seating hierarchy involved in most bus riding, and theirs is no exception. There are the back seat riders - usually the cool kids, and the front seat riders - usually the less secure or nerdy type.
The middle rows ca...more
The cover pic should be enough to interest most YA readers; however, adults, don't panic, the subject matter is quite tame.
Vince and Raedawn have been riding the same bus to school their entire lives. There is a social seating hierarchy involved in most bus riding, and theirs is no exception. There are the back seat riders - usually the cool kids, and the front seat riders - usually the less secure or nerdy type.
The middle rows ca...more
This was an interesting (and somewhat weird) book about a bicultural teenage dating relationship, a woman who lives off the grid in the forest with her mysterious son, a marijuana-growing enterprise, and racism towards First Nations folk in a Canadian town.
Another very interesting and baffling Orca Soundings books. I have to say, they have me turning the pages! The writing is clear, my students like them, and I think they live up to their high-interest reputation.
Another very interesting and baffling Orca Soundings books. I have to say, they have me turning the pages! The writing is clear, my students like them, and I think they live up to their high-interest reputation.
i like this book beacuse is about mystery because this girl and boy are trying to find this boy that miss a school and they when to find him and they faund ppl gronwing marijuana and the boy mom was working with them
this is a book about a couple who is looking for a boy who went to there school who they cannot find he has a wife who is a hippy chick with a biker boyfriend and they live in shacks out along the beach.
Very easy book, I finished it in one sitting.
This story is about a couple, Vince, who is caucasian, and Raedown who is Native North American, set out to find Dune who has been missing since the first day of school, which was 10 days ago.Dune is qiet, people don't know much about him. He has no records, only his hippy mother. Raedown is determined to find him. While searching they find out surprising things like who his father is and they realize that Dune and his mother are in more trouble than...more
This story is about a couple, Vince, who is caucasian, and Raedown who is Native North American, set out to find Dune who has been missing since the first day of school, which was 10 days ago.Dune is qiet, people don't know much about him. He has no records, only his hippy mother. Raedown is determined to find him. While searching they find out surprising things like who his father is and they realize that Dune and his mother are in more trouble than...more
middle row is about a couple from school go look for the friend with the help of the young native girls uncle.
vince is a young white boy in high school
vince is a young white boy in high school
'Middle Row' is a good read. It is not one of my favorites from the Orca Soundings series, but it is fast paced and interesting.
Nov 04, 2011
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i thought this book was pretty good it really made you think about how some people are really living
Oct 05, 2009
Brian Cassidy
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great book yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
A short book that is good for when you need to catch up on your reading challenge.
I was bored throughout the whole book.
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Sylvia Olsen is a writer and public speaker living on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. She is the author of several picture books, a number of first readers and novels for young adults and one non fiction—so far. Most of all she is a mother and grandmother and aunty to dozens of nieces and nephews.
Sylvia has spent most of her life living in Tsartlip First Nation, where her children and grandc...more
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