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Mar 26, 2011

Reading rated it:

Where do I begin with this book? Is it enough for me to say, just go read it? Probably not, huh? Take Me There was sent to us a couple of months ago, and has been sitting on my shelf ever since (while I try to tackle this never-ending TBR pile). It looked, from the cover, like a cute little fluff book. A romance that might be fun to read sometime. Let me just tell you, DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY IT'S COVER!! (Have you heard that before?) This book was NOT fluff!

So many things hap More...

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Aug 31, 2011

Jude rated it:

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The cover of this book caught my attention, its a good cover, really, and next, the title. I though, Susan’s Colasanti Take Me There? I picked up the book and read the summary. Long Summary Short: Bad gang boy fall for pretty it girl. And then I though, Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles! So I immediately buy the book, considering I’m a big fan of Colasanti’s and Elkele’s work, I assumed it would be a story like Perfect Chemistry, with the li More...

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Nov 30, 2011

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What really got me hooked onto this book was the fact that i could relate to the situation of having a guy with a bad past being a part of my life. I knew it would help me to better understand the thoughts he has and how he reacts to different situations. The way Dylan went on living his life and toughing it out through the hard times stuck to me the most. He has pure dedication to making hi life better.
At times it was hard to read jsut because of the fact that he had to deal with s More...

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Oct 09, 2011

bjneary rated it:

I so wanted to give this book 5 stars. I loved the main character, Dylan. He had a horrible life and he always wanted to make the right choices, but trouble seems to follow him. Dylan Dawson's narration goes back and forth in time. Dylan's father is in jail, Dylan was six when his father went to jail and is on death row for killing a police officer who was also his friend. Dylan's father was selling drugs on the side and since he went to jail any information he wanted about his father was n More...

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Oct 08, 2011

Katherine rated it:

Take Me There was a story about a 17 year old boy who grew up without a father because his father was states away in prison. Growing up, noone talked to him about his father or why his dad was locked away. He grew up knowing nothing about his family's past. As he travels down the "bad" road, winding up in juvie and struggling to break out of the gang crowd, he makes a last ditch effort to figure out who he is by running to meet his father who is waiting his execution date just two week More...

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Aug 13, 2011

Erjane rated it:

At first, I thought this book was just one of those chick lit, young adult novels about bad boys turned good because of a certain girl, blah blah blah. But boy, I am so ready to admit that I AM SO WRONG!

Take Me There is more than just meets the eye. The cover didn't do the book any justice. This isn't a cute love story where the hero falls in love with the heroine and then they live happily ever after. This is a story about love that encompasses a lot of things. A love deeper than any More...

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Jul 25, 2011

Brandy rated it:

When I first saw this book, I wasn't the slightest interested until two weeks later I found myself intrigued, buying the book with others on my list. I finished this book in two days, due to my exhaustion from walking and pulling a cart 11 miles in a forest. I would have devoured it in a day, but I'm actually glad I took my time to read it. The writing was beautiful, the main character was absolutely amazing as well as Jess. It broke my heart in the end, though. I really felt the tears in the co More...

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Jun 30, 2011

Natshane rated it:

People luk at me and wok akros the street.
So tired of the suspishus eyes
On all the faces that I meet
And tell me, if I try
To be a difrent guy,
Will you be the girl
To rearrange my wirld?
You take me up,
You take me down,
Take me to the sky,
Take me to the ground.
I'd go anywhere
If you would take me there.

Dylan Dawson was trouble, no matter how hard he tried to stay away from it's path, trouble will come knocking down More...

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May 25, 2011

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Apr 20, 2011

Erinn rated it:

17 year old Dylan Dawson is on the run. Running from the law, from other people, and even from himself. The only thing that seems to keep him grounded is Jess. Jess is the one person Dylan has known all his life, and the one he'll love for the rest of his life. He tries to hide his past from her as best as he can, but things start to slip. Dylan realizes some things are too good to be true. Then there is Wade. Wade is Dylan's sidekick and his best friend. It's a love-hate relationship between th More...

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Mar 21, 2011

Brooke (Bright Wishes) rated it:

Take Me There is brilliant! I love the way the book is set up and that the book is narrated from a boy’s point of view. There are poems at the beginning of most chapters. I don’t want to give away the reason for the poems, but it’s a good one. I can tell you that thes poems are written by Dylan and it shows he has a sensitive side that’s really sweet, but he doesn’t even know it. Even though his mom is depressed, he is still that good son who doesn’t want to disappoint her.

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Dec 01, 2010

Mundie Moms & Mundie Kids rated it:

Take Me There is a story that leaves a lasting impression on you days after you read it. It's one of those books that really makes you think. What Carolee presents in Take Me There is an important message about illiteracy and the limited options illiteracy presents. It's also about choices, as the choices that are made today can and will determine where we end up a few months from now, to years from now.

Take Me There is the story of Dylan, our broken, illiterate boy who tries to do the More...

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May 26, 2011

Joy (joyous reads) rated it:

If I were creative (which I'm not), there will be a pic of a heart in a blender on this review.
If I were wordy (which I'm not), this review will be filled with words describing how wonderful this book is from A to Z.
If I were smart (which I'm not), I will stay away from these kind of books that rips my heart into pieces (I cannot).

You take a boy, normal boy.
Mom is alive (she lives in a bottle).
Dad is alive (he lives in prison).
He can't read, can barely write More...

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Apr 24, 2011

Cristina rated it:

I wasn't quite sure how I felt about this book for the first 80 or so pages, but once I was in the thick of it all, it caught my attention. It was an intense read once Dylan reaches Texas and starts digging up the past. From one theory to the next, I was kept on my toes--finding out right along with Dylan.

I loved the alternating between poems, book excerpts, and Dylan's narration--it added more depth and meaning to the book. The characters were great--Dylan was so endearing. He has More...

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Aug 06, 2010

Samantha rated it:

I picked up this book because the back page summary reminded me of Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles. Usually I don't like books that are similar but I wanted something a little edgy, a little sweet and totally romantic.

This book was far from that.

Take Me There is not a bad book. It has a male narrator, that automatically gives it a plus in my book. Those, especially in what seems to be presented as a romance books, are pretty rare. Only a few come to mind, and those f More...

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Aug 01, 2011

Cesilia rated it:

I knew that when I started reading thing book that I was going to enjoy it. Boy, what an understatement! Dylan, the main character, has had a tough life. His father being in prison since he was six years, his mother who never told him about him unless she was drunk, being illiterate and having a criminal record at just seventeen. I felt for Dylan, he tries his best to become a better person and stay out of trouble and yet it followed him. He met Wade in Juvie and since then Dylan was taken him u More...

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Jan 08, 2011

Jill rated it:

This is the story of Dylan Dawson; the huge footprint his parents' past made upon his soul; and the love and loyalty among that family in spite of everything. It is also about friendship – how far you should go for a friend versus the cost of not staying true to yourself. And very tangentially, there is a girl Dylan loves, Jess, who has about a 2% role in this story. But mostly, I would say, it’s about the bad luck that can happen from being in the wrong place at the wrong time, even if you More...

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Dec 09, 2011

Beck rated it:

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Nov 25, 2011

Olga rated it:

I really liked this book a lot, the begginig was confusing but after I realized how the book was written I started enjoying it very much.

The main character is a guy with a rough exterior but soft heart, I loved discovering about the little pieces in his life that turned to be very big and important influences in him growing up. The story about him runing away for a unfornunate mistake && having to leave his dreams and one true love behind is heart touching. He finds out where his dad i More...

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Sep 15, 2011

Jessica rated it:

Take Me There by Carolee Dean is about facing the good and the bad, Heaven and Hell. Dylan Dawson has known trouble all his life. He gets into trouble everywhere he goes but when he falls for a girl named Jess it’s a whole new Dylan. This story is about fighting time and understanding the horrors of life. Dylan is faced with many choices throughout the story as he makes his way to Texas. In this story, I learned that in life you have to take the good with the bad, and you have to face the conse More...

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Aug 07, 2010

Brooke rated it:

Take Me There is brilliant! I love the way the book is set up and that the book is narrated from a boy’s point of view. There are poems at the beginning of most chapters. I don’t want to give away the reason for the poems, but it’s a good one. I can tell you that thes poems are written by Dylan and it shows he has a sensitive side that’s really sweet, but he doesn’t even know it. Even though his mom is depressed, he is still that good son who doesn’t want to disappoint her.

Dylan More...

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Jul 24, 2010

Cynthia (cynthial11) rated it:

Take Me There was a wonderful story with a powerful message that will leave you thinking about it for several days after you finish reading it. It took me a while to try to write my review and be able to put my feelings about it into words. I really enjoyed the journey that Dylan takes, it took a little bit to get into it but once I got there I couldn't put it down and I wanted to know how Dylan would end up. The whole book is told from Dylan's point of view with a few of his poems in between c More...

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Jun 11, 2011

Carina rated it:

I thought this was gonna be a fluffy, cute romance story, between a 'bad boy' trying to be good for the girl he thinks he doesn't deserve.Well its about alot more tha that. Dylan is trying to go 'legit' after being in Juvi for a while. But everything seem to want to drag him back to the old ways of being a gang member, a drunk and a junkie. He is a misunderstood, closet poet, who can't read.

So he starts wondering if he can ever be a good person or if the bad person is impregnated in More...

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Nov 11, 2010

Katrina rated it:

Dylan met Wade during suspension at Downey High. They also spent eight months in juvie together and now, just when Dylan thought life was getting better, they are fleeing California and heading for Texas.

Dylan: He had feelings for a girl named Jess, but he didn’t think he was worthy of her attention. He was illiterate and he was once a wannabe gangbanger and he’d been in trouble. He also had a father in jail on death row, a mother who was depressed and a grandmother with an attitude. More...

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Jun 21, 2011

Lynn rated it:

This is not my normal book. I like happier books -- I want the Disney ending of everyone living happily ever after. This is why I read romance and cozy mystery. When I complain about a book it is usually because the ending isn't what I wanted. Yes it may be realistic or dramatic. It may be Youth Fiction angst -- but give me happy. SPOILER ALERT -- this ending isn't happy.

So Dylan is our hero -- the book starts with him 2 months before his 18th birthday and he has just gotten back More...

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Jan 27, 2012

Felicity rated it:

This book made me really sad. Through no fault of his own, Dylan keeps running into trouble. And it keeps building and building until it's just a huge mess and the whole thing ends rather tragically and unfortunately. It's an interesting portrayal of how even though you might be "on the wrong side of the law", you're not necessarily a bad person deep down inside. Throughout the whole thing, Dylan is sweet, kind, loyal (his loyalty is actually his downfall) and wants nothing more th More...

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Jan 04, 2011

Say rated it:

i had this book for quite some time already...and since one of my goals this year is to read my books that has been collecting dusts in my shelf, i pulled this one from the stocks i have. and my, i should have read this one when i bought coz the story was really good. ive read a few reviews saying that this one is like the books of simone elkeles...the perfect chemistry trilogy, a bad boy falling in love with a rich girl. but the similarity ends there. for me take me there has more depth and More...

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Nov 28, 2010

Michelle. rated it:

I guess the book was alright. The plor was OK but the book itself wasn't all that appealing. The only thing that kept me reading it was the relationship between Dylan and Jess. I could really care less for all the pther thingand I feel bad saying that). The title kinda matched the book but the book cover itself didn't match the book at all. Maybe I didn't get the point of it, but... The setting was OK, some characters were pretty annoying and the past and present flashes were kinda confusing at More...

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Apr 20, 2011

K. rated it:

I don't know if I can put my feelings and thoughts into words, such is the gravity of my love.

Take Me There takes you by surprise. The cover and summary leads one to expect an ordinary, yet another young adult novel about a bad boy with a troubled past falling for a good girl with a bright future. But any preconceived judgments readers might have are immediately dispelled by, not the first chapter, but the dedication. Dean dedicates the book to individuals who actively make a differe More...

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Aug 26, 2011

Julie rated it:

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