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The Real Question
For Fisher Brown, bearing the responsibility for the well-being and happiness of the people around him is a heavy burden to shoulder. So when Fisher meets Lonny Traynor, whose rootless, carefreee existence is so markedly different from his own, he is drawn to him. As Fisher bcomes an unwitting participant in Lonny's hapless adventure, he begins to rethink what it means to...more
Hardcover, 234 pages
Published
October 1st 2006
by Peachtree Publishers
(first published August 24th 2006)
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Fisher Brown is one of the smart nerds in high school and, with tremendous pressure from his guidance counselor father, he needs to ace all his classes and the SAT to get where he needs to be. Or so he thinks. Tired of the pressure, he makes friends with his bad dude neighbor Lonny and Lonny leads Fisher on a long week of highjinks. Actually Lonny and Fisher are to roof Lonny's ex-wife's crumbling roof. When Lonny takes off, Fisher feels responsible. Working, seeing how a broken family hurts a c...more
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Reviewed by Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com
Study, study, study. Fisher Brown is a junior in high school and his life consists of studying. Son of the high school guidance counselor, Fisher feels the pressure to excel in academics.
Ever since the day Walt Brown's wife left and never came home, he has focused his life on doing the best for his son. He leaves inspirational sticky notes everywhere, and urges Fisher to make every effort count. "THE BIG DAY" is coming up - the SA...more
Study, study, study. Fisher Brown is a junior in high school and his life consists of studying. Son of the high school guidance counselor, Fisher feels the pressure to excel in academics.
Ever since the day Walt Brown's wife left and never came home, he has focused his life on doing the best for his son. He leaves inspirational sticky notes everywhere, and urges Fisher to make every effort count. "THE BIG DAY" is coming up - the SA...more
The book got off to a great start. I know many of my students can identify with the kid who is on the fast track at school--working very hard not just to get As but to have the highest grades in the class. Yet somehow the book gets off track toward the middle. There is an action sequence so convoluted I just couldn't create a picture for it as I was reading. I did enjoy the Florida setting from Tallahassee to Chiefland and beyond. In fact, I was reading it as we were driving the same route in re...more
Good book of a boy coming of age in Florida. I love books with a Florida background.
Over-achieving high school student + pressure from guidance counselor dad + upcoming SATs + off-the-wall drifter in the neighborhood = a road trip that accomplishes the goal of getting the student's mind off the SATs but not in the way he expected. Give it to those geeks who are buried under the prep-test books and give them an idea of what life COULD be like.
I think Adrian Fogelin is totally underrated. This book was great.
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If you liked "An Abundance of Katherines," give this one a try, too.
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Adrian Fogelin is the author of several novels for middle readers and young adults, including Crossing Jordan and The Real Question. She lives in Florida.
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