Jonah is on a mission to break every bone in his body. Everyone knows that broken bones grow back stronger than they were before. And Jonah want... read full description
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Apr 07, 2010
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Did you know that when you break your bones, they grow back stronger? Well that's what Jonah figures he'd do. Get stronger. Since his life and the people in it is so messed up he figures that he'll be strong enough for all of them.....
Basically BREAK is probably the strangest book I've read thus far, but it's concept is crazy fascinating. And then when the book is all said and done it hits something so deep that it makes you wonder if it's an issue that really happening. This is a th More...
Basically BREAK is probably the strangest book I've read thus far, but it's concept is crazy fascinating. And then when the book is all said and done it hits something so deep that it makes you wonder if it's an issue that really happening. This is a th More...
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Oct 06, 2010
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This book knocked my socks off. I don't even know where to begin because all I want to say is you need to read it.
Jonah is on a mission to break every bone in his body, because everyone knows that broken bones heal back stronger and he needs to be strong. Everything else in his life is absolute chaos. He has one brother who is allergic to everything, a baby brother who doesn't stop crying (literally), parents who seem to be hanging on by a string, and friends who have no idea why More...
Jonah is on a mission to break every bone in his body, because everyone knows that broken bones heal back stronger and he needs to be strong. Everything else in his life is absolute chaos. He has one brother who is allergic to everything, a baby brother who doesn't stop crying (literally), parents who seem to be hanging on by a string, and friends who have no idea why More...
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Jul 05, 2011
Jessica
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I bought this book and Invicible Summer at the same by Hannah but I wanted to read this one first. The concept really caught my attention. As someone whose broken a few too many bones in her lifetime...I know the pain that comes with it. I could never ever imagine doing it to myself on purpose, so I was intrigued. <spoiler>I'm glad Jonas didn't get through breaking all the bones he was planning on breaking. I don't know if I could've lived through reading that lol. The skateboarding 'accid
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Sep 09, 2011
Even though I read and fell in love with two of Hannah Moskowitz’s other books, I held off reading her debut, Break until very recently. I honestly was just worried that I wouldn’t love it as much as Invincible Summer and Gone, Gone, Gone, which are both by Hannah and are both absolute favorites of mine. But I am happy to report that Break lived up to Moskowitz’s other novels, and exceeded my expectations.
All of Hannah Moskowitz’s books focus heavily on family, especially sibling rel More...
All of Hannah Moskowitz’s books focus heavily on family, especially sibling rel More...
Feb 27, 2011
Three words: intense, fast-paced, awesome!
What an incredible debut! Moskowitz is an extremely talented writer! Break was full of fantastically portrayed three dimensional characters and an insane central idea. A goal to break every bone in your body? How does that not pique your curiosity. Well, it did mine and this lead to me completely devouring the entire novel in one setting.
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What an incredible debut! Moskowitz is an extremely talented writer! Break was full of fantastically portrayed three dimensional characters and an insane central idea. A goal to break every bone in your body? How does that not pique your curiosity. Well, it did mine and this lead to me completely devouring the entire novel in one setting.
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Nov 17, 2010
Julie
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Moskowitz is a talented young writer who effectively conveys teenage angst in a confident voice. Jonah purposely breaks his bones as a coping mechanism to his brother Jesse’s severe food allergies. Believing that his bones will heal stronger is his way of controlling the stress of his family, which includes a constantly ill Jesse, a screaming infant brother and feuding parents. But when the people who care about him find out his injuries are self-inflicted, Jonah has to face the repercussions
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Mar 22, 2011
Alexa
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3.5 stars
An interesting and unique read. Easy and quick to get through.
Jonah eventually figures out his reason for breaking his bones, but my reaction to it was probably similar to the psycologist's. It was a strange reason and didn't entirely make sense to me. (Although, I can kind of see why Jonah would think it made sense.) Another thing, I didn't understand what was up with those people in the psych ward. Why did they think that what Jonah did was so great? It was creepy. More...
An interesting and unique read. Easy and quick to get through.
Jonah eventually figures out his reason for breaking his bones, but my reaction to it was probably similar to the psycologist's. It was a strange reason and didn't entirely make sense to me. (Although, I can kind of see why Jonah would think it made sense.) Another thing, I didn't understand what was up with those people in the psych ward. Why did they think that what Jonah did was so great? It was creepy. More...
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Aug 30, 2011
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I went into this book not really knowing anything about Hannah Moskowitz other than that she's funny as hell on Twitter.
Then I read this, and boom ... incredible. Contemporary YA fiction has gotten much, much better since I was a kid, and Break is indicative of that trend. Loved. Every. Single. Line.
Then I read this, and boom ... incredible. Contemporary YA fiction has gotten much, much better since I was a kid, and Break is indicative of that trend. Loved. Every. Single. Line.
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Jan 17, 2011
Nora
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This book absolutely blew me away. I heard about it a long time ago, meant to get it, and then...forgot. Break is heartbreaking and terrifying and even a little romantic, all at once. My father came into my room as I was nearing the end, and I practically yelled at him to leave me alone until I'd finished the book. Highly recommended. (review at http://www.noracoon.com)
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Sep 23, 2011
Krstina
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I think the theme of the book is that although what doesn't hurt you makes you stronger, the author is trying to say it's mentally what hurts you makes you stronger not physically. Also, in the book the main characters best friend helped him with his "plan". Maybe the other theme is like, friendship because she could have tried to stop him but she didn't.
SUBTEXT: I feel like throughout the book I honestly didn't realize how WRONG , this was. Until the end & I was like, woah he's More...
SUBTEXT: I feel like throughout the book I honestly didn't realize how WRONG , this was. Until the end & I was like, woah he's More...
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Feb 11, 2010
Matt
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Just bought it on Amazon. Any young writer who lists Palaniuk as an influence and has such an interesting thesis deserves the read.
Having now read 'Break' (it's a quickie, 262 pages spaced out with font and line breaks) I was gnawed at by the fact the writer is so young yet so adept. Palaniuk, watch your ass.
Having now read 'Break' (it's a quickie, 262 pages spaced out with font and line breaks) I was gnawed at by the fact the writer is so young yet so adept. Palaniuk, watch your ass.
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Sep 07, 2011
Karri
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Her sneakers make bubble-gum smacks against the pavement on her way to me… I choke out a sweaty, clogged piece of laughter… She waits while I pant, my head against my skinned knee. Colors explode in the back of my head. The pain’s almost electric… I expand and burst in a thousand little balloons.
- Break by Hannah Moskowitz
I am not a comtemporary YA kind of girl. I didn’t read it when I was of the age to be considered “YA,” and I don’t often read it now. I’ve always found the More...
- Break by Hannah Moskowitz
I am not a comtemporary YA kind of girl. I didn’t read it when I was of the age to be considered “YA,” and I don’t often read it now. I’ve always found the More...
Feb 14, 2011
Jennifer
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What were you doing during your junior year in high school? Chasing boys? Cheering on the home team? Worrying about the perfect prom dress (or if you were even going to make it to prom)? Fighting with your parents because of their crazy restrictive curfews?
I don’t know what Hannah Moskowitz did to keep it real during eleventh grade. And considering she’s only nineteen, those days were, well, like, yesterday. I know one thing she did do, though. She got herself a little publishing deal More...
I don’t know what Hannah Moskowitz did to keep it real during eleventh grade. And considering she’s only nineteen, those days were, well, like, yesterday. I know one thing she did do, though. She got herself a little publishing deal More...
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Feb 01, 2011
Tom
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BREAK is a story about a family, each of is broken in very different ways. It's a difficult book to read on many levels and a brilliant book given that Hannah Moskowitz was still in high school when she wrote it.
The narrator, the oldest son, Jonah, feels responsible for protecting his younger, highly allergic, brother from all of the environmental and food elements that can kill him. There's a baby who cries incessantly and his mindlessly religious parents are quick to lash out ver More...
The narrator, the oldest son, Jonah, feels responsible for protecting his younger, highly allergic, brother from all of the environmental and food elements that can kill him. There's a baby who cries incessantly and his mindlessly religious parents are quick to lash out ver More...
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Nov 04, 2010
Kaylea
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The novel "Break" written by Hannah Moskowitz is a fiction piece that is based on the main character, Jonah, who feels that breaking every bone in his body will make him stronger. Jonah struggles with his internal feelings and outside conflicts with his brother, Jesse, who is allergenic to everything, his baby brother, Will, who cries his eyes out all the time and causes their mother and father to be stressed at work and home. Will's baby food is an allergetic source to Jesse and
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Jul 04, 2010
Megan
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The main character in Break and I virtually have nothing in common, except for our ages. I'm a seventeen-year-old writing girl who doesn't swear and is absolutely too terrified to get in any likely-bone-breaking situations...and Jonah is a boy with a complicated mess of a home life, the pressures of his world on his shoulders, and a habit of intentionally breaking bones. Nevertheless, I found him tremendously sympathetic and compelling. This book really explores the burden of the responsibili
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Nov 23, 2009
Rachael
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Some teens play sports. Other drink and party. But Jonah breaks bones—his own. Sure, it hurts, but broken bones always grow back stronger, and that’s what’s important. Jonah’s on a mission to break every bone in his body, because he wants to be stronger. It’s not because of his younger brother, who’s severely allergic to practically every food and thus frequents the ER too many times. It’s not because of his parents, who can barely handle their own affairs, let along anyone else’s. it’s not beca
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Aug 08, 2009
Tasha
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Authored by a senior in high school, this debut novel would make a veteran author proud. Jonah worries about a lot. He worries about his parents, worries about the fact his baby brother cries all the time, but most of all he worries about his younger brother, Jessie, who is severe and life-threatening allergies. After being hurt in a car accident, Jonah has started trying to break every bone in his body to make himself stronger. He is helped by his best friend, Naomi, who films him breaking
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Mar 20, 2011
Allison
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Jonah is a seventeen year old boy who is on a mission to break every bone in his body. Not for attention, not for the video footage his friend films, but because broken bones become stronger when they heal. Jonah carries a lot on his shoulders - his parents argue, and he always seems stuck in the middle; his 8 month old brother Will has been crying nonstop since he was born; his sixteen year old brother Jesse... well Jesse is Jonah's responsibility. Jesse is allergic to basically all foods and a
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May 10, 2010
Tabitha
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Aug 13, 2010
Matthew
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overall i really liked this book because it got really good and it kept hooking me in. this book is mainly about this boy named Johnah who plans to have only one goal in life. get stronger. the only way for him to get stronger is for him to break all his bones so he may be able to grow better bones and get stronger. what i learned in this book is to simply not give up on your self. to always accomplish your goals and most of all, to have faith. Jonah clearly demonstrates this.
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Jan 22, 2010
Sherry
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The book starts out very strong, right in the action. I LOVE that. So many books that I enjoy have a very slow beginning and they don't start getting good until a little ways in, but not this one. I had started reading it, unfortunately had to stop for something, and when I picked it back up again I read it the whole way through. The pace quickens at the end and I found myself speedreading to find out what was going to happen. The characters are written wonderfully. They interact just as I imagi
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Dec 04, 2009
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May 12, 2011
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Ossa rotte, ragazzi rotti e storie rotte. Anche io, come chi mi ha preceduto nel recensire ero scettica a leggere l'età dell'autrice. Pensavo, stupidamente, ad un romanzetto provocatorio sulla sofferenza che attanaglia tutti gli adolescenti, qualcosa di ostentato ed esagerato. Ed invece il testo è lieve, delicato, dolce e divertente a tratti così come tragico e vero in altri. Tutti i personaggi, anche quelli appena disegnati, sono ben caratterizzati e percepibili come personaggi propri ed a se,
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Jun 02, 2011
Dot
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Break a bone and it knits back stronger. Get through the pain, get through the recovery, and there’s something stronger, something better. Snap. Splint. Strengthen.
Jonah is on a mission. There are 206 bones in the human body and he’s out to break them all, to knit them back into a better pattern, some kind of strength that can resonate through him into a family that needs it more than anything. To a brother and best friend with countless deadly allergies. To a baby brother who hasn’t stopp More...
Jonah is on a mission. There are 206 bones in the human body and he’s out to break them all, to knit them back into a better pattern, some kind of strength that can resonate through him into a family that needs it more than anything. To a brother and best friend with countless deadly allergies. To a baby brother who hasn’t stopp More...
Aug 07, 2011
Kristen
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Hannah Moskowitz is definitely one of my favorite authors. I loved Invincible Summer and I loved Gone, Gone, Gone so it is only expected that I would love Break. As expected, I really loved Break.
There is nothing negative I could say about this book. What's not to love? It was absolutely incredible. I read this book in one sitting. To put this in perspective, I have the attention span of 3 year old and can easily get distracted by anything around me so rarely do I read books in one s More...
There is nothing negative I could say about this book. What's not to love? It was absolutely incredible. I read this book in one sitting. To put this in perspective, I have the attention span of 3 year old and can easily get distracted by anything around me so rarely do I read books in one s More...
May 26, 2011
Ashley
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This book surprised me. Mostly because it wasn't the kind of book I'd pick up on my own but because I, well I don't want to say I enjoyed reading a book about a boy who's addicted to breaking his bones but I didn't hate it. I thought his addiction was rooted in self improvement which made me almost see the logic in what he was doing but when it was revealed that he was doing it to try to make his whole family stronger than I felt I lost a part of the understanding I had for him. It made him seem
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May 22, 2011
MaryG90
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Avevo letto la trama e avevo preso paura. Il tema dell'autolesionismo e la rottura stessa delle ossa mi avevano fatta partire molto titubante con la lettura ed ero certa che me ne sarei pentita. Non è stato così. Non si può certamente dire che ci troviamo davanti ad un libro allegro e spensierato, perchè sarebbe un errore madornale, ma non è stato terribile come pensavo. Ammetto di aver fatto fatica a leggere le descrizioni del dolore post-caduta e post-rottura e di aver saltato More...
Avevo letto la trama e avevo preso paura. Il tema dell'autolesionismo e la rottura stessa delle ossa mi avevano fatta partire molto titubante con la lettura ed ero certa che me ne sarei pentita. Non è stato così. Non si può certamente dire che ci troviamo davanti ad un libro allegro e spensierato, perchè sarebbe un errore madornale, ma non è stato terribile come pensavo. Ammetto di aver fatto fatica a leggere le descrizioni del dolore post-caduta e post-rottura e di aver saltato More...
Apr 24, 2010
U.L.
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Here's the thing with Break. First off it's a great read. The language is wonderful and the timing is great. I think this is young adult novel. That thought is neither here nor there but I thought I'd state it anyway. The pacing is almost spot on as well. Aside from that the author seems to be wise beyond her years. Hannah Moskowitz does a great job adding interesting information to the story at times when you don't expect it. Refreshing. This is a clever read as well. Our protagonist, is clearl
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Oct 30, 2009
Ashley
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Break by Hannah Moskowitz is about a boy named Jonah and who wants to break every bone in his body so he can become stronger. With all the problems he has at school and home, everyone is starting to think his parents are abusing him because hes constantly breaking a bone. Soon he is sent to a place that helps teens regain their strenghts to become better people. He soons breaks out and runs away back to his home.
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