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20 ratings, 4.05 average rating, 8 reviews
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published
August 8th 2006
by Candlewick
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Hardcover, 160 pages
isbn
0763626244
(isbn13: 9780763626242)
description
Two teen siblings run from foster life — and find new expression as graffiti artists — in a stark but hopeful poetic novel.
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Reviewed by Jocelyn Pearce for TeensReadToo.com
TRASH is a verse novel that continues the story of Boy and Sissy Lexie, first introduced in Sharon Darrow's novel THE PAINTERS OF LEXIEVILLE. It's certainly not necessary to have read that first book (I haven't)--but I'm planning on it now that I've read this one. The best part of this book, I think, is the characters, and I'd love to read more about them.
Sure, the story is interesting, too: Boy and Sissy are teenagers now. They've been shi...more
TRASH is a verse novel that continues the story of Boy and Sissy Lexie, first introduced in Sharon Darrow's novel THE PAINTERS OF LEXIEVILLE. It's certainly not necessary to have read that first book (I haven't)--but I'm planning on it now that I've read this one. The best part of this book, I think, is the characters, and I'd love to read more about them.
Sure, the story is interesting, too: Boy and Sissy are teenagers now. They've been shi...more
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Read in March, 2007
Sixteen-year-old Sissy and her younger brother Boy are placed in a series of foster homes after after their shiftless mother abandons them. When their foster parents' abuse becomes too much, they run away in search of their older sister Raynell. Raynell and her husband take in the two and provide a stable, happy home for the two who reinvent themselves as graffiti artists. Sissy must learn to cope with mind-numbing guilt and loss after a graffiti tagging session ends in tragedy. Sissy's poetry (...more
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Read in November, 2008
Had I realized that this is a sequel to The Painters of Lexieville I would have read that first. I probably would have understood more about the motives of the main characters if I'd read the first book. This is the story of two children who finally go to live with their sister and her husband in St. Louis after a series of foster homes don't work out. What bothers me about this story is how the sister doesn't pay more attention to what her siblings are doing when they go out at night. ...more
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Read in May, 2008
This moving novel in verse is about a brother and sister, so unloved by their mother that she didn't even give them real names - just Sissy and Boy. The author draws a parallel between trash and these two kids. After landing in a foster home where they're mistreated, the two set off on their own, to find their older sister. They become graffiti artists in the city. Very moving story.
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Read in May, 2008
This YA story is told in verse.
Sissy and Boy are moved from one foster home to another. Not only do they pick up trash, they are treated like trash. This story follows them as they search for a place that will feel like home.
I strongly recommend this book.
Sissy and Boy are moved from one foster home to another. Not only do they pick up trash, they are treated like trash. This story follows them as they search for a place that will feel like home.
I strongly recommend this book.
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Read in June, 2007
Absolutely stunning poetry.
The story has an authentic feel, as if the author followed a group of taggers around late at night.
The story has an authentic feel, as if the author followed a group of taggers around late at night.
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Read in January, 2007
I'm not much for books in verse, but this was just beautiful. Full of emotion, and so powerful.
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