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Feels Like Home
by
E.E. Charlton-Trujillo (Goodreads Author)
Growing up in a dead-end South Texas town, Mickey had two things she could count on: her big brother, Danny—the football hero everyone loved—and a beat-up copy of The Outsiders. But after the accident—after Danny abandoned her to a town full of rumors and a drunken father—all Mickey had left was a smoky memory, her anger, and the resolution to get out of town for good.
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Mass Market Paperback, 224 pages
Published
November 11th 2008
by Laurel Leaf
(first published April 10th 2007)
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I choose this book, because i thought this book was going to be relaxing to read according to the cover page, but it turns out that i was wrong. It started off with a girl named Michelle with the nickname Mickey which was attending a memorial event for someone that died, which turns out to be her father. It all happened starting with Danny, Mickey's older brother who was the best at everything, until an accident happened and Ronald was dead. Everyone suspect that Danny did it,so danny had to lea...more
This was a fast read. Michele's father has just died, and she has to decide how to move on with her life. She lives in Texas, and is in an academically accelerated program and will graduate early. Her mother left the family years earlier. Michele was very close to her brother, who was a football star with a scholarship to college. Right before he graduated, Michele's brother was in a mysterious accident with his best friend, which resulted in a fatal fire. Michele's brother was blamed for t...more
was an easy read...good plot not sooo good but GOOD
Mickey is the kind of strong-girl at the beginning she lives with her dad and her brother Danny.
her dad is like always drunk and her brother is a football-star in her little town. but something terrible happen to her brother's Bestfriend and he die. everybody in town blame to Danny. Mickey was with them when this happen but with the shock of the situations she almost forces-without-knowing to forgett what happen that night. her br...more
Mickey is the kind of strong-girl at the beginning she lives with her dad and her brother Danny.
her dad is like always drunk and her brother is a football-star in her little town. but something terrible happen to her brother's Bestfriend and he die. everybody in town blame to Danny. Mickey was with them when this happen but with the shock of the situations she almost forces-without-knowing to forgett what happen that night. her br...more
I really like the beginning. It feels natural, and it’s exciting to see how the story unfolds piece by piece. But right when I’m starting to feel like I can write a good review and relax, I start to notice that the writing is not on par anymore. It’s like when my friends ask me to read over their papers and I see that yes, their introduction is really powerful and catchy, but when I read the middle paragraphs, they lose their voice and start scrabbling for ideas that don’t necessarily connect or...more
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is about loss. If we didn't have S.E. Hinton, our selection of YA lit would not be. I think that this novel reinforces the theme of loss from The Outsiders. The main character, Michelle/Mickey, is subdued by her dreams, much like Ponyboy, and is living in a vacuum devoid of feeling; only to awaken and realize that she isn't viewing life from a child's innocent eyes, but from that of an adult who has experienced tragedy and loss.
This was a great book ...more
This was a great book ...more
This was a fast read. More for teens than for me. This chick pretty much wants a pity party because her bff brother leaves and doesnt really stop to think about why.
a seven-teen year old girl in texas deals with her dad's death, the return, after six years, of her brother, and the deeply buried tragedy that she witnessed that caused her brother to leave in the first place. Mickey and her brother Danny have this amazing, lasting bond centered around the book The Outsiders.....although it takes most the book to get there, this book eventually bridges (although not completely) their horrible estrangement. i read this in one night and loved it. Mickey's voic...more
I liked this book and it started at so great and then it fell flat for me. I like the premiss of the book and I expected a little more from the plot.
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Mickey had a good life, a brother she adored and one day with the accidental death of Danny's best friend, life veered out of control. Danny leaves and Mickey lives with her uncle and then with her dad, after he attends AA meetings. With her father's death, Danny comes home after 6 years and Mickey is angry. She wants nothing to do with the brother who left her and she won't listen to Danny. As she recalls that fateful night, she comes closer to finding out how Roland died, what she needs to...more
This book was so real and very relatable! Great book!!
its a great book to read about sibilings
Mickey is a smart girl, determined to get out of her small town and the past events that haunt her. In some ways I liked this book, but I felt like there was too much going on - the dead father, the mysterious brother, the great best friend, the cute boy in school, the family friend who has taken care of her in times of trouble. There's a lot to keep track of. The author brings them all together in an admirable way, but I could have done with one less person to care about.
"What is he doing here?" After six years away, her brother has no right to show up at her fathers funeral. Feels like home is a story of loss, love, forgiveness and finding ones self in the process. I would actually give this book 4 and 1/2 stars.
I wanted to like this book, and I think the plot was a good but the supporting characters were very flat. didn't do it for me, but I did stick with it since I wanted to know what happened (and I kept hoping it would get better).
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I love books that revolve around the importance of another book in the lives of the characters, and this was no exception. Stay gold everyone.
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